Psalms 38:21
Don't give up on me, my Lord and my God, don't stay away from me.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
In Context
20They pay me back evil for good; they accuse me for the good I try to do.
22Hurry, come and help me, Lord my salvation.
Cross References
Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away when I groan, asking for help?
Psalms 22:19But you, Lord, don't be far away from me! You are my strength—hurry, come and help me!
Psalms 35:12They pay me back with evil instead of good. I feel like giving up.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 38:13-22
Sorrowful Complaints. 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O Lord , do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves… Read the whole commentary →