Psalms 38:21

(38-22) Forsake me not, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

In Context

20(38-21) They also that repay evil for good are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

22(38-23) Make haste to help me, O LORD, my salvation.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:1(22-1) For the Leader; upon Aijeleth ha-Shahar. A Psalm of David. (22-2) My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me, and art far from my help at the words of my cry?

Psalms 22:19(22-20) But Thou, O LORD, be not far off; O Thou my strength, hasten to help me.

Psalms 35:12They repay me evil for good; bereavement is come to my soul.

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 →

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