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22This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence{H8799)}: O Lord, be not far{H8799)} from me.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And 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;
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
A Psalm of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-28)In these verses, as before, I. David describes the great injustice, malice, and insolence, of his persecutors, pleading this with God as a reason why he should protect him from them and appear against them. 1. They were very unrighteous; they were his enemies wrongfully, for he never gave them any provocation: They hated h 2be1 im without a cause ; nay, for that for which they ought rather to have…
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