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21Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far{H8799)} from me.
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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; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. …
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?
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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 ar…
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