Psalms 22:11
(22:12) Oh be not far from me [now]; for distress is near; for there is none to help.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
In Context
10(22:11) Upon thee was I cast from my birth: from my mother's womb art thou my God.
12(22:13) Many steers have encompassed me: the strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Cross References
2 Kings 14:26For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, which was very bitter; that the guarded was no more, and that the fortified was no more, and there was no helper for Israel.
Psalms 13:1“To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” (13:2) How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me continually! how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 38:21(38:22) Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.
Psalms 69:18(69:19) Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: because of my enemies do thou ransom me.
Psalms 71:12O God, be not far from me: O my God, hasten to my help.
Psalms 142:4(142:5) Look to the right, and behold, yea, there is no man that recognizeth me: [every] refuge is lost to me; there is no one that careth 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 →