Psalms 38:21 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²¹Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

Psalms 38:21 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 22:19
But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Psalms 22:24
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
Psalms 22:11
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Psalms 35:21-22
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. …
Psalms 22:1
To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Conviction Guilt Repentance Sin

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-22)

In these verses, I. David complains of the power and malice of his enemies, who, it should seem, not only took occasion from the weakness of his body and the trouble of his mind to insult over him, but took advantage thence to do him a mischief. He has a great deal to say against them, which he humbly offers as a reason why God should appear for him, as Ps. 25:19; Consider my enemies. 1. “They are…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 21)

21-22. (Compare Psa 22:19; 35:3). All terms of frequent use. In this Psalm the language is generally susceptible of application to Christ as a sufferer, David, as such, typifying Him. This does not require us to apply the confessions of sin, but only the pains or penalties which He bore for us.