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Psalms 27:10

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.

KJV

When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Jehovah will take me up.

ASV

כִּי אָבִ֣/י וְ/אִמִּ֣/י עֲזָב֑וּ/נִי וַֽ/יהוָ֣ה יַֽאַסְפֵֽ/נִי

Hebrew

When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me.

YLT

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֶּאֱסֹ֥ף
y'sp
verb · 200×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נִי
ny
verb · 212×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§239By calling God "Father", the language of faith indicates two main things: that God is the first origin of everything and transcendent authority; and that he is at the same time goodness and loving care for all his children. God's parental tenderness can also be expressed by the image of motherhood,62 which emphasizes God's immanence, the intimacy between Creator and creature. t…

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 16:11 — And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for th
  • 2Tim 4:16 — At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
  • Exod 2:8 — And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.
  • Isa 40:11 — He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
  • Isa 49:15 — Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
  • John 9:35 — Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
  • John 16:32 — Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
  • Matt 10:21 — And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
  • Matt 10:36 — And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
  • Ps 69:8 — I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.