Psalm 38:21
◄  Psalm 38:21  ►
New International Version (©2011)
LORD, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Do not abandon me, O LORD. Do not stand at a distance, my God.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, do not be far from me!

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
LORD, do not abandon me; my God, do not be far from me.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Don't forsake me, LORD. My God, do not be so distant from me.

NET Bible (©2006)
Do not abandon me, O LORD! My God, do not remain far away from me!

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
Do not abandon me, Lord Jehovah, my God, and do not be far from me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Do not abandon me, O LORD. O my God, do not be so distant from me.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

American King James Version
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

American Standard Version
Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Forsake me not, O Lord my God : do not thou depart from me.

Darby Bible Translation
Forsake me not, Jehovah; O my God, be not far from me.

English Revised Version
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

Webster's Bible Translation
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

World English Bible
Don't forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don't be far from me.

Young's Literal Translation
Do not forsake me, O Jehovah, My God, be not far from me,

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Forsake me not, O Lord,.... Or continue not to forsake; for he seems to have been under divine desertion, and might be under apprehensions that God had utterly forsaken him; which he entreats he would not, though his friends had forsook him, and his own strength had failed and left him, Psalm 38:10;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Forsake me not, O Lord - That is, Do not leave me in my troubles, my sickness, my sorrow. Leave me not to die; leave me not to complain and dishonor thee; leave me not to the reproaches of my enemies.

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Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Forsake me not, O Lord - Though all have forsaken me, do not thou.

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Geneva Study Bible

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

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

21, 22. (Compare Ps 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.

Psalm 38:21 Parallel Commentaries
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O Lord, Don't Rebuke Me in Your Wrath
…20They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. 21Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. 22Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

Psalm 22:19 But you, LORD, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me.
Psalm 35:22 LORD, you have seen this; do not be silent. Do not be far from me, Lord.
Psalm 71:12 Do not be far from me, my God; come quickly, God, to help me.
Psalm 119:8 I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me.