Psalms 35:22
Thou hast seen it, O LORD; keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
In Context
21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
23Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Cross References
Exodus 3:7And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Psalms 10:14Thon hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to take it into thy hand: the helpless committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 22:12Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Psalms 28:1Unto thee, O LORD, will I call; my rock, be not thou deaf unto me: lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Psalms 71:12O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste to help me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 35:18-28
Sorrowful Complaints; David's Appeal and Prayer to God. 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. 18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. 20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. 21 Yea, they opened their mouth… Read the whole commentary →