Psalms 38:21
Do not forsake me, O Lord; my God, be not far from me.
Open English Bible (UK)
In The King James Version
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
In Context
20who render me evil for good, and oppose me, because I make good my goal.
22Hasten to help me, O Lord my saviour.
Cross References
Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you left me, my rescue so far from the words of my roaring?
Psalms 22:19But you, O Lord, be not far, O my strength, hasten to help me.
Psalms 35:12Evil for good they requite me, leaving me inwardly comfortless.
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 →