# Psalms 27.8

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 6. And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me. And I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto Jehovah. 7. Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice: Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
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> **8. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.**
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> 9. 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. 10. When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Jehovah will take me up. (Psalms 27:6-10, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 6. Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me; I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Yahweh. 7. Hear, Yahweh, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me.
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> **8. When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, Yahweh.”**
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> 9. Don’t hide your face from me. Don’t put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don’t abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation. 10. When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up. (Psalms 27:6-10, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 6. And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. <sup>joy: Heb. shouting</sup> 7. Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
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> **8. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. <sup>When: or, My heart said unto thee, Let my face seek thy face, etc</sup>**
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> 9. 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. 10. When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. <sup>take: Heb. gather me</sup> (Psalms 27:6-10, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 6. And now, lifted up is my head, Above my enemies, my surrounders, And I sacrifice in His tent sacrifices of shouting, I sing, yea, I sing praise to Jehovah. 7. Hear, O Jehovah, my voice, I call, And favour me, and answer me.
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> **8. To Thee said my heart 'They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.'**
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> 9. Hide not Thy face from me, Turn not aside in anger Thy servant, My help Thou hast been. Leave me not, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation. 10. When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me. (Psalms 27:6-10, YLT)

## Setting

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- **Audience:** _TBD_
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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Anthropomorphism](/codex/anthropomorphism/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.