Psalms 38:21
Do not forsake me, O Jehovah, My God, be not far from me,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
In Context
20And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.
22Haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
Cross References
Psalms 22:1To the Overseer, on 'The Hind of the Morning.' — A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring?
Psalms 22:19And Thou, O Jehovah, be not far off, O my strength, to help me haste.
Psalms 35:12They pay 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 →