Psalm 27:9 - Easy To Read Version Lord, don’t turn away from your servant.\par Help me!\par Don’t push me away!\par Don’t leave me!\par My God, you are my Savior.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Hide not Your face from me; turn not Your servant away in anger, You Who have been my help! Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation! American Standard Version (1901) Hide not thy face from me; Put not thy servant away in anger: Thou hast been my help; Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. Common English Bible Please don’t hide it from me! Don’t push your servant aside angrily— you have been my help! God who saves me, don’t neglect me! Don’t leave me all alone! Catholic Public Domain Version O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance, and reign over them and exalt them, even unto eternity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Save, O Lord, thy people, and bless thy inheritance: and rule them and exalt them for ever. |
“And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father. Serve God with a pure heart. Be happy in your heart (mind) to serve God. Why? Because the Lord knows what is in every person’s heart (mind). The Lord understands everything you think. If you go to the Lord for help, you will get an answer. But if you turn away from the Lord, he will leave you forever.
Lord, don’t turn away from me when I have troubles.\par Listen to me.\par When I cry for help,\par quickly answer me.\par
My life is passing away like smoke.\par My life is like a fire slowly burning out.\par
I have done what is right and good.\par Lord, don’t give me to the people\par who want to hurt me.\par
How long will you forget me, Lord?\par Will you forget me forever?\par How long will you refuse to accept me? {\cf2\super [72]} \par
Hurry, answer me Lord!\par I have lost my courage.\par Don’t turn away from me.\par Don’t let me die and become like\par the dead people lying in the grave.\par
Good people ask the Lord\par to bless other people.\par Those good people ask God, their Savior,\par to do good things.\par
God, why are you hiding from us?\par Have you forgotten our pain and troubles?\par
Don’t push me away!\par And don’t take your Holy Spirit\par away from me!\par
Don’t turn away from your servant.\par I am in trouble!\par Hurry, help me!\par
Lord God, you are my Savior.\par I have been praying to you\par day and night.\par
The Lord says,\par “\{People of Israel, you say that I divorced\par your mother, Jerusalem.\}\par But where is the legal paper\par that proves I divorced her?\par My children, did I owe money to someone?\par Did I sell you to pay a debt?\par No! You were sold\par because of the bad things you did.\par Your mother (Jerusalem) was sent away\par because of the bad things you did.\par
But your sins separate you from your God. The Lord sees your sins, and he turns away from you.
“‘I will make an Agreement with the people of Israel and Judah. This Agreement will last forever. In this Agreement, I will never turn away from those people. I will always be good to them. I will make them want to respect me. Then they will never turn away from me.
Keep your lives free from the love of money. And be satisfied with the things you have. God has said,
After this, Samuel set up a special stone. {He did this to help people remember the things God did.} Samuel put the stone between Mizpah and Shen. [87] Samuel named the stone “Stone of Help.” [88] Samuel said, “The Lord helped us all the way to this place!”