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! ¹ 

When my strength fails, do not abandon me!

Psalms 119:8

119:8 I will keep your statutes.

Do not completely abandon me! ² 

Psalms 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!

Psalms 71:18

71:18 Even when I am old and gray, ⁵ 

O God, do not abandon me,

until I tell the next generation about your strength,

and those coming after me about your power. ⁶ 

[71:9]  ¹ tn Heb “do not cast me away at the time of old age.”

[119:8]  ¹ 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.

[27:9]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Or “[source of] help.”

[71:18]  ¹ tn Heb “and even unto old age and gray hair.”

[71:18]  ² tn Heb “until I declare your arm to a generation, to everyone who comes your power.” God’s “arm” here is an anthropomorphism that symbolizes his great strength.