Psalms 35:22
Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, Be not silent, O Lord — be not far from me,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
In Context
21And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, 'Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.'
23Stir up, and wake to my judgment, My God, and my Lord, to my plea.
Cross References
Exodus 3:7And Jehovah saith, 'I have certainly seen the affliction of My people who [are] in Egypt, and their cry I have heard, because of its exactors, for I have known its pains;
Psalms 10:14Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave [it], Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.
Psalms 22:12Many bulls have surrounded me, Mighty ones of Bashan have compassed me,
Psalms 28:1By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit.
Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And [to] my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I [am] with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.
Psalms 71:12O God, be not far from me, O my God, for my help make haste.
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 →