Psalms 35:22
Thou seest it, O LORD! be not silent! O LORD! be not far from me!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
In Context
21Yea, they open their mouths wide against me; They say, “Aha, aha! our eyes seeth it.”
23Arouse thyself; awake for my defence! My God and my Lord, awake to my cause!
Cross References
Psalms 10:14Thou dost see it; yea, thou beholdest malice and oppression, And markest it upon thy hand! The poor committeth himself to thee; Thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 22:12Many bulls surround me; Strong bulls of Bashan close me in on every side.
Psalms 28:1“A psalm of David.” To thee do I cry, O LORD! O my rock! be not silent to me, Lest, if thou answer me not, I become like those who go down to the pit!
Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O LORD! Give ear to my cry; Be not silent at my tears! For I am but a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Psalms 71:12O God! be not far from me! Come speedily to mine aid, O my God!
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 →