Psalms 22:11

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

9But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou didst make me trust, upon my mother's breasts. 10I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou art my God from my mother's belly. Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help. 12Many bulls have encompassed me; Bashan's strong ones have beset me round. 13They gape upon me with their mouth, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.

Psalms 22:11 word by word

אַל־תִּרְחַ֣ק מִ֭מֶּנִּי כִּי־צָרָ֣ה קְרוֹבָ֑ה כִּי־אֵ֥ין עוֹזֵֽר׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 22:11

• Psalms 10:1Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? [Why] hidest thou thyself in times of distress?
• Psalms 13:1How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
• Psalms 35:22Thou hast seen [it], Jehovah: keep not silence; O Lord, be not far from me.
• Psalms 38:21Forsake me not, Jehovah; O my God, be not far from me.
• Psalms 69:1Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.
• Psalms 71:12O God, be not far from me; my God, hasten to my help.
• John 16:32Behold, [the] hour is coming, and has come, that ye shall be scattered, each to his own, and shall leave me alone; and [yet] I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
• Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up both supplications and entreaties to him who was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears; (and having been heard because of his piety;)
• Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy who crieth, and the afflicted, who hath no helper;
• Psalms 142:4Look on the right hand and see; there is no man that knoweth me: refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul.
• Deuteronomy 32:36For Jehovah will judge his people, And shall repent in favour of his servants; When he seeth that power is gone, And there is none shut up or left.
• Matthew 26:56But all this is come to pass that the scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him and fled.

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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• Afflictions and Adversities
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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