Psalms 22:11
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
In Context
10I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
12Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Cross References
2 Kings 14:26For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.
Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 38:21Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
Psalms 69:18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: ransom me because of mine enemies.
Psalms 71:12O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste to help me.
Psalms 142:4Look on my right hand, and see; for there is no man that knoweth me: refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 22:2-11
Sorrowful Complaints. 1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men,… Read the whole commentary →