Psalms 35:22
Thou hast seen, O LORD; keep not silence; O Lord, be not far from me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
In Context
21Yea, they open their mouth wide against me; they say: 'Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.'
23Rouse Thee, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Cross References
Exodus 3:7And the LORD said: 'I have surely seen the affliction of My people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their pains;
Psalms 10:14Thou hast seen; for Thou beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite them with Thy hand; unto Thee the helpless committeth himself; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 22:12(22-13) Many bulls have encompassed me; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Psalms 28:1A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I call; my Rock, be not Thou deaf unto me; lest, if Thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Psalms 39:12(39-13) Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; keep not silence at my tears; for I am a stranger with Thee, a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Psalms 71:12O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 35:18-28
Sorrowful Complaints; David's Appeal and Prayer to God. 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. 18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. 20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. 21 Yea, they opened their mouth… Read the whole commentary →