Psalms 38:21
Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 38 connects to 6 cross-references. A penitential lament of David describing severe physical and social suffering as divine punishment for sin. He acknowledges guilt, confesses iniquity, and describes abandonment by friends and relatives while adversaries scheme. Counted among the seven penitential psalms, it ends with …
Other Translations
Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.
Do not forsake me, O Jehovah, My God, be not far from me,
Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.
Cross References
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the …
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; …
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.