Psalms 38:21
Do not forsake me, O Yahweh, My God! be not far from me:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
In Context
20Even they who are repaying evil for good, accuse me because I pursue the good.
22Make haste to help me, My Lord, my deliverance!
Cross References
Psalms 22:1My GOD, my GOD, why hast thou forsaken me? Far from saving me, The words of my loud lamentation?
Psalms 22:19But, thou, O Yahweh, be not far off, O my help! to aid me, make haste;
Psalms 35:12They repay me evil for good, Bereaving 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 →