## Do not hide your face from me ##

The face here represents Yahweh's attention. AT: "Do not turn away from me" or "Do not take your attention away from me." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## Do not strike your servant in anger ##

David said "your servant" to refer to himself in a humble way. AT: "Do not be angry with me and hit me."

## or abandon me ##

AT: "and do not abandon me" or "and do not leave me" or "and do not push me away"

## God of my salvation ##

AT: God who saves me" or because you are the God who saves me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

## Even if my father and my mother forsake me ##

Even if my father and my mother were to forsake me." He is not saying that they actually have done this or that they would do it. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])

## Yahweh will take me in ##

"Yahweh will keep me"