Psalms 38:21
Forsake me not, O Lord: be not thou farre from me, my God.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
In Context
20They also, that rewarde euill for good, are mine aduersaries, because I follow goodnesse.
22Haste thee to helpe mee, O my Lord, my saluation.
Cross References
Psalms 22:1To him that excelleth upon Aiieleth Hasshahar. A Psalme of Dauid. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, and art so farre from mine health, and from the wordes of my roaring?
Psalms 22:19But be thou not farre off, O Lord, my strength: hasten to helpe me.
Psalms 35:12They rewarded me euill for good, to haue spoyled my soule.
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 →