

[27:9] 1 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).
[27:9] 2 tn Or “[source of] help.”
[3:56] 3 tn The verb could be understood as a precative, “hear my plea,” parallel to the following volitive verb, “do not close.”
[3:56] 5 tn The preposition ל (lamed) continues syntactically from “my plea” in the previous line (e.g. Ex 5:2; Josh 22:2; 1 Sam 8:7; 12:1; Jer 43:4).