Psalms 38:21

(38:22) Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.

Leeser Tanakh

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 [me] evil in lieu of good; they hate me bitterly because I pursue what is good.

22(38:23) Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:1“To the chief musician upon Ayeleth-hashachar, a psalm of David.” (22:2) My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from saving me, and from the words of my loud complaint?

Psalms 22:19(22:20) But thou, O Lord, be not far from me: O [thou who art] my strength, hasten to my aid.

Psalms 35:12They recompense me with evil in place of good, [bringing] bereavement on 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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