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Psalm 27:9-11
New English Translation
Psalm 27:9-11
New English Translation
9 Do not reject me.[a]
Do not push your servant away in anger.
You are my deliverer.[b]
Do not forsake or abandon me,
O God who vindicates me.
10 Even if my father and mother abandoned me,[c]
the Lord would take me in.[d]
11 Teach me how you want me to live,[e] Lord;
lead me along a level path[f] because of those who wait to ambush me.[g]
Footnotes
- Psalm 27:9 tn Heb “do not hide your face from me.” The idiom “hide the face” can mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 30:7; 88:14).
- Psalm 27:9 tn Or “[source of] help.”
- Psalm 27:10 tn Or “though my father and mother have abandoned me.”
- Psalm 27:10 tn Heb “gather me in”; or “receive me.”
- Psalm 27:11 tn Heb “teach me your way.” The Lord’s “way” refers here to the moral principles which he expects the psalmist to follow. See Ps 25:4.
- Psalm 27:11 sn The level path refers to God’s moral principles (see the parallel line), which, if followed, will keep the psalmist blameless before his accusers (see v. 12).
- Psalm 27:11 tn Heb “because of those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 54:5; 56:2.
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