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12O God, be not far{H8799)} from me: O my God, make haste{H8798)}{H8675)} for my help.

Psalms 71:12 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Psalms 35:22

    This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

  • Psalms 38:21-22

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

  • Psalms 22:11

    Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

  • Psalms 10:1

    Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

  • Psalms 70:5

    But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.

Commentary

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

(vv. 1-13)

Two things in general David here prays for—that he might not be confounded and that his enemies and persecutors might be confounded. I. He prays that he might never be made ashamed of his dependence upon God nor disappointed in his believing expectations from him. With this petition every true believer may come boldly to the throne of grace; for God will never disappoint the hope that is of his ow…

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