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Psalms 27:9

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

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Psalms 27:9. Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger:

David has a jealous fear lest he should have provoked the Lord to hide himself from him, so he prays as one who is dependent upon his Heavenly Father’s smile, and cannot live without it. "Put not thy servant away in anger."

Psalms 27:9. Thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

That is sweet pleading; cannot you, who are cast down, use it as David did? "Thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation." And then, as if to show that he does not pray this out of unbelief, but out of earnest and true faith he says: -

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