Psalms 27:10

When my father&c. Or, as R.V.,

For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but &c.

A proverbial expression. (Comp. - bereavementto my soul," Psalms 35:12). Though he is friendless and forsaken as a deserted child, Jehovah will adopt him and care for him. His love is stronger than that of the closest human relations. Cp. Isaiah 49:15; Psalms 103:13.