Psalms 27:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תַּסְתֵּ֬ר פָּנֶ֨יךָ ׀ מִמֶּנִּי֮ אַֽל־תַּט־בְּאַ֗ף עַ֫בְדֶּ֥ךָ עֶזְרָתִ֥י הָיִ֑יתָ אַֽל־תִּטְּשֵׁ֥נִי וְאַל־תַּֽ֝עַזְבֵ֗נִי אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׁעִֽי׃

Transliteration

ʾal-tastēr pāneykā ׀ mimmennî ʾal-taṭ-bə-ʾap ʿabdekā ʿezrātî hāyîtā ʾal-tiṭṭəšēnî wə-ʾal-taʿazbēnî ʾĕlōhê yišʿî

Grammar Details

• *ʾal*: negative particle with jussive - do not
• *tastēr*: hiphil jussive 2nd person masculine singular - hide
• *pāneykā*: noun masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face
• *mimmennî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - from me
• *taṭ*: hiphil jussive 2nd person masculine singular - turn away
• *bə-ʾap*: preposition + noun masculine singular - in anger
• *ʿabdekā*: noun masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant
• *ʿezrātî*: noun feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my help
• *hāyîtā*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have been
• *tiṭṭəšēnî*: qal jussive 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - forsake me
• *wə-ʾal*: conjunction + negative particle - and do not
• *taʿazbēnî*: qal jussive 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - abandon me
• *ʾĕlōhê*: noun masculine plural construct - God of
• *yišʿî*: noun masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my salvation

Word Meanings

• *tastēr*: hide/conceal
• *pāneykā*: your face/presence/person
• *taṭ*: turn away/incline/stretch out
• *ʾap*: anger/nose/wrath
• *ʿabdekā*: your servant/slave
• *ʿezrātî*: my help/assistance/support
• *hāyîtā*: you have been/existed/become
• *tiṭṭəšēnî*: forsake me/abandon me/leave me
• *taʿazbēnî*: abandon me/leave me/forsake me
• *ʾĕlōhê*: God of
• *yišʿî*: my salvation/deliverance/rescue

Referenced Verses

• Ps 69:17 : 17 And hide{H8686)} not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble{H8804)}: hear{H8798)} me speedily.
• Ps 102:2 : 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
• Ps 143:7 : 7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
• Ps 24:5 : 5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
• Ps 38:21-22 : 21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far{H8799)} from me. 22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
• Ps 44:24 : 24 Wherefore hidest{H8686)} thou thy face, and forgettest{H8799)} our affliction and our oppression?
• Ps 51:11 : 11 Cast me not away{H8686)} from thy presence; and take{H8799)} not thy holy spirit from me.
• Ps 71:5-6 : 5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth. 6 By thee have I been holden up{H8738)} from the womb: thou art he that took{H8802)} me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
• Ps 71:17-18 : 17 O God, thou hast taught{H8765)} me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared{H8686)} thy wondrous works{H8737)}. 18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake{H8799)} me not; until I have shewed{H8686)} thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come{H8799)}.
• Ps 88:1 : 1 A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician{H8764)} upon Mahalath Leannoth{H8763)}, Maschil{H8688)} of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried{H8804)} day and night before thee:
• Ps 119:121 : 121 AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
• 1 Sam 7:12 : 12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
• 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
• Ps 13:1 : 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
• Isa 59:2 : 2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
• Jer 32:40 : 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
• 2 Cor 1:9-9 : 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: 10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
• 2 Tim 4:17-18 : 17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. 18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
• Heb 13:5 : 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
• Isa 46:3-4 : 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: 4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
• Isa 50:1 : 1 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.