God’s Word Translation
Psalms 22:11
11Do not be so far away from me. Trouble is near, and there is 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
9Indeed, you are the one who brought me out of the womb, the one who made me feel safe at my mother’s breasts. 10I was placed in your care from birth. From my mother’s womb you have been my God. Do not be so far away from me. Trouble is near, and there is no one to help. 12Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls from Bashan have encircled me. 13They have opened their mouths to attack me like ferocious, roaring lions.
Read all of Psalms 22Psalms 22:11 word by word
אַל־תִּרְחַ֣ק מִ֭מֶּנִּי כִּי־צָרָ֣ה קְרוֹבָ֑ה כִּי־אֵ֥ין עוֹזֵֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 22:11
- Psalms 10:1Why are you so distant, Lord? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
- Psalms 13:1How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
- Psalms 35:22You have seen it, O Lord. Do not remain silent. O Lord, do not be so far away from me.
- Psalms 38:21Do not abandon me, O Lord. O my God, do not be so distant from me.
- Psalms 69:1Save me, O God! The water is already up to my neck!
- Psalms 71:12O God, do not be so distant from me. O my God, come quickly to help me.
- John 16:32The time is coming, and is already here, when all of you will be scattered. Each of you will go your own way and leave me all alone. Yet, I’m not all alone, because the Father is with me.
- Hebrews 5:7During his life on earth, Jesus prayed to God, who could save him from death. He prayed and pleaded with loud crying and tears, and he was heard because of his devotion to God.
- Psalms 72:12He will rescue the needy person who cries for help and the oppressed person who has no one’s help.
- Psalms 142:4Look to my right and see that no one notices me. Escape is impossible for me. No one cares about me.
- Deuteronomy 32:36The Lord will judge his people and have compassion on his servants when he sees that their strength is gone and that no one is left, neither slaves nor free people.
- Matthew 26:56All of this has happened so that what the prophets have written would come true.” Then all the disciples abandoned 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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