Psalms 38:21
Forsake me not, O LORD! O my God! be not far from me!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
In Context
20They who repay good with evil are my enemies, Because I follow that which is good.
22Make hast to mine aid, O Lord, my salvation!
Cross References
Psalms 22:1“For the leader of the music. To the tune of “The hind of the morning.” A psalm of David.” My God, my God! why hast thou forsaken me? Why so far from mine aid, and from the words of my cry?
Psalms 22:19But be not thou far from me, O LORD! O my strength! make haste to mine aid!
Psalms 35:12They repay me evil for good; They cause bereavement to 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 →