51:9 Hide your face 1 from my sins!
Wipe away 2 all my guilt!
69:7 For I suffer 3 humiliation for your sake 4
and am thoroughly disgraced. 5
83:16 Cover 6 their faces with shame,
so they might seek 7 you, 8 O Lord.
1 sn In this context Hide your face from my sins means “Do not hold me accountable for my sins.”
2 tn See the note on the similar expression “wipe away my rebellious acts” in v. 1.
3 tn Heb “carry, bear.”
4 tn Heb “on account of you.”
5 tn Heb “and shame covers my face.”
5 tn Heb “fill.”
6 tn After the preceding imperative, the prefixed verbal form with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose or result (“then they will seek”).
7 tn Heb “your name,” which stands here for God’s person.