Psalms 38:21
Do not forsake me, O YHWH, || My God, do not be far from me,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
In Context
20And those paying evil for good accuse me, || Because of my pursuing good.
22Hurry to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
Cross References
Psalms 22:1TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “DOE OF THE MORNING.” A PSALM OF DAVID. My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Far from My salvation, || The words of My roaring?
Psalms 22:19And You, O YHWH, do not be far off, || O My strength, hurry to help Me.
Psalms 35:12They pay me evil for good, bereaving 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 →