Psalms 38:21
Yahweh, do not abandon me! My God, do not stay far from me!
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
In Context
22Lord, you are the one who saves/rescues me; Quickly come and help me!
Cross References
Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you abandoned/deserted me? Why do you stay so far from me, and why do you not hear/help me [RHQ]? Why do you not hear me when I am groaning?
Psalms 22:19O Yahweh, do not stay far away from me! You who are my source of strength, come quickly and help me!
Psalms 35:12In return for my doing good things for them, they do evil things to me, with the result that I feel that I am alone.
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 →