Psalms 37:8

37:8 Do not be angry and frustrated! ¹ 

Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!

Psalms 37:33

37:33 But the Lord does not surrender the godly,

or allow them to be condemned in a court of law. ² 

Psalms 38:21

38:21 Do not abandon me, O Lord!

My God, do not remain far away from me!

Psalms 71:9

71:9 Do not reject me in my old age! ³ 

When my strength fails, do not abandon me!

Psalms 71:11

71:11 They say, ⁴  “God has abandoned him.

Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!”

Psalms 89:30

89:30 If his sons reject my law

and disobey my regulations,

Psalms 94:14

94:14 Certainly ⁵  the Lord does not forsake his people;

he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him. ⁶ 

Psalms 119:8

119:8 I will keep your statutes.

Do not completely abandon me! ⁷ 

Psalms 119:87

119:87 They have almost destroyed me here on the earth,

but I do not reject your precepts.

[37:8]  ¹ tn Heb “Refrain from anger! Abandon rage!”

[37:33]  ² tn Heb “the Lord does not abandon him into his hand or condemn him when he is judged.” The imperfects draw attention to the Lord’s characteristic behavior in this regard.

[71:9]  ³ tn Heb “do not cast me away at the time of old age.”

[71:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “saying.”

[94:14]  ⁵ tn Or “for.”

[94:14]  ⁶ tn Or “his inheritance.”

[119:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “do not abandon me to excess.” For other uses of the phrase עַד מְאֹד (’ad mÿ’od, “to excess”), see Ps 38:6, 8.