Psalms 38:21
Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
In Context
20Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
22Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
Cross References
Psalms 22:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
Psalms 22:19But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
Psalms 35:12They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of 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 →