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Psalms 22:11
11Don’t be far from me, because distress is near and there’s no one to help.
Psalms 22:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Be not far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Be not far from Me, For trouble is near; For there is none to help.
Context of Psalms 22:11
9It was you who brought me out of the womb, making me secure at my mother’s breast. 10I was given over to you at birth; you have been my God from my mother’s womb. Don’t be far from me, because distress is near and there’s no one to help. 12Many bulls surround me; strong ones of Bashan encircle me. 13They open their mouths against me — lions, mauling and roaring.
Read all of Psalms 22Psalms 22:11 word by word
אַל־תִּרְחַ֣ק מִ֭מֶּנִּי כִּי־צָרָ֣ה קְרוֹבָ֑ה כִּי־אֵ֥ין עוֹזֵֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 22:11
- Psalms 10:1Lord, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide in times of trouble?
- Psalms 13:1How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
- Psalms 35:22You saw it, Lord; do not be silent. Lord, do not be far from me.
- Psalms 38:21Lord, do not abandon me; my God, do not be far from me.
- Psalms 69:1Save me, God, for the water has risen to my neck.
- Psalms 71:12God, do not be far from me; my God, hurry to help me.
- John 16:32Indeed, an hour is coming, and has come, when each of you will be scattered to his own home, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
- Hebrews 5:7During his earthly life, he offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
- Psalms 72:12For he will rescue the poor who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
- Psalms 142:4Look to the right and see: no one stands up for me; there is no refuge for me; no one cares about me.
- Deuteronomy 32:36The Lord will indeed vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants when he sees that their strength is gone and no one is left — slave or free.
- Matthew 26:56But all this has happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and ran away.
Commentaries on Psalms 22:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Be not far from me; for trouble is near - A present God is a present blessing. We always need the Divine help; but more especially when troubles and trials are at hand.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Be not far from me - Do not withdraw from me; do not leave or forsake me. For trouble is near - Near, in the sense that deep sorrow has come upon me; near, in the sense that I am approaching a dreadful death. For there is none to help - Margin, as in Hebrew, “not a helper.” There were those who would have helped, but they could not; there were those who could have helped, but they would not. His friends that stood around the cross were unable to aid him…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 In these verses we have Christ suffering, and Christ praying; by which we are directed to look for crosses, and to look up to God under them. The very manner of Christ's death is described, though not in use among the Jews. They pierced his hands and his feet, which were nailed to the accursed tree, and his whole body was left so to hang as to suffer the most severe pain and torture. His natural force failed, being wasted by the fire of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-11The psalmist thinks about his past relationship with God (see Psalm 22:3–5). The Lord has been his very life.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. From this statement of reasons for the appeal, he renews it, pleading his double extremity, the nearness of trouble, and the absence of a helper.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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