Psalms 35:22
O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
In Context
21They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
23Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
Cross References
Exodus 3:7The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
Psalms 10:14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 22:12Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
Psalms 28:1Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
Psalms 71:12Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, 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 →