Psalms 22:11
Be not far from me, for trouble is near, for there is none to help.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
In Context
10I was cast upon thee from the womb. Thou are my God since my mother bore me.
12Many bulls have encompassed me. Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me around.
Cross References
2 Kings 14:26For LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter, for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.
Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will thou forget me forever? How long will thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 38:21Forsake me not, O LORD. O my God, be not far from me.
Psalms 69:18Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
Psalms 71:12O God, be not far from me. O my God, make haste to help me.
Psalms 142:4Look on [my] right hand, and see, for there is no man who knows me. Refuge has failed me. No man cares for my soul.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 22:2-11
Sorrowful Complaints. 1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men,… Read the whole commentary →