The psalm ends with praise to God; for comments on Blessed be God, see 28.6.

In the last two lines the Hebrew text has only one verb, the causative of “depart, leave,” that is, “reject, remove.” It is difficult to find one verb that goes naturally with my prayer and with his steadfast love, and so Revised Standard Version and Good News Translation use two verbs; see also Biblia Dios Habla Hoy “who has not rejected my prayer nor denied me his love,” and Bible en français courant “He has not rejected my prayer, he has not deprived me of his goodness.”

In some languages he has not rejected my prayer can be rendered, for example, “he has not said ‘No’ to the things I have asked him.”

In some languages it is difficult to express removing love or keeping back love. However, one may say, for example, “he has not failed to love me faithfully” or, stated positively, “he has always loved me faithfully.”

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Reyburn, William D. A Handbook on the Book of Psalms. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1991. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .