Mazmur 9:10

9:10 Your loyal followers trust in you, ¹ 

for you, Lord, do not abandon those who seek your help. ² 

Mazmur 27:9

27:9 Do not reject me! ³ 

Do not push your servant away in anger!

You are my deliverer! ⁴ 

Do not forsake or abandon me,

O God who vindicates me!

Mazmur 71:9

71:9 Do not reject me in my old age! ⁵ 

When my strength fails, do not abandon me!

[9:10]  ¹ tn Heb “and the ones who know your name trust in you.” The construction vav (ו) conjunctive + imperfect at the beginning of the verse expresses another consequence of the statement made in v. 8. “To know” the Lord’s “name” means to be his follower, recognizing his authority and maintaining loyalty to him. See Ps 91:14, where “knowing” the Lord’s “name” is associated with loving him.

[9:10]  ² tn Heb “the ones who seek you.”

[27:9]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Or “[source of] help.”

[71:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “do not cast me away at the time of old age.”