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Psalms 27:10
Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist speaks directly to God amid distress, immediately following a plea for divine protection in verse 9 and preceding a request for moral guidance in verse 11.
The words — The Hebrew verb יַֽאַסְפֵֽנִי (ya'asfēnî), derived from אָסַף, literally means "he will gather me in" or "receive me," standing in direct contrast to the preceding declaration of human abandonment.
The thread — The contrast between human abandonment and divine reception runs through Isaiah 49:15 and finds its narrative counterpart in John 16:32, where disciples scatter but the speaker remains the object of covenantal care.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to anchor security in God's active reception when human bonds break, treating divine faithfulness as the only reliable foundation for survival.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 49:15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!
- Isaiah 40:11 He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
- John 16:32 “Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
- Matthew 10:36 A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
- 2 Timothy 4:16 At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
- Psalms 69:8 I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
- Matthew 10:21 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
- 2 Samuel 16:11 Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.
- John 9:35 When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, He found the man and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”