19:13 Moreover, keep me from committing flagrant 1 sins;
do not allow such sins to control me. 2
Then I will be blameless,
and innocent of blatant 3 rebellion.
27:9 Do not reject me! 4
Do not push your servant away in anger!
You are my deliverer! 5
Do not forsake or abandon me,
O God who vindicates me!
1 tn Or “presumptuous.”
2 tn Heb “let them not rule over me.”
3 tn Heb “great.”
4 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).
5 tn Or “[source of] help.”