KJV ORIGINAL
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Turn your face away from my sins, and completely erase all my wrongdoings.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is desperately asking God to look away from his sins and completely wipe them out of existence.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of Psalm 51, which David wrote after the prophet Nathan confronted him about his adultery with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband Uriah. David is expressing deep remorse and pleading for God's forgiveness and cleansing. In ancient Hebrew culture, God's 'face' represented His attention and favor, so asking God to 'hide His face' from sins meant asking Him to stop looking at and remembering those failures.
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