New Living Translation
Psalms 22:11
11Do not stay so far from me, for trouble is near, and no one else can help me.
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
9Yet you brought me safely from my mother’s womb and led me to trust you at my mother’s breast. 10I was thrust into your arms at my birth. You have been my God from the moment I was born. Do not stay so far from me, for trouble is near, and no one else can help me. 12My enemies surround me like a herd of bulls; fierce bulls of Bashan have hemmed me in! 13Like lions they open their jaws against me, roaring and tearing into their prey.
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 10:1O Lord, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide when I am in trouble?
- Psalms 13:1O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way?
- Psalms 35:22O Lord, you know all about this. Do not stay silent. Do not abandon me now, O Lord.
- Psalms 38:21Do not abandon me, O Lord. Do not stand at a distance, my God.
- Psalms 69:1Save me, O God, for the floodwaters are up to my neck.
- Psalms 71:12O God, don’t stay away. My God, please hurry to help me.
- John 16:32But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when you will be scattered, each one going his own way, leaving me alone. Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me.
- Hebrews 5:7While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God.
- Psalms 72:12He will rescue the poor when they cry to him; he will help the oppressed, who have no one to defend them.
- Psalms 142:4I look for someone to come and help me, but no one gives me a passing thought! No one will help me; no one cares a bit what happens to me.
- Deuteronomy 32:36“Indeed, the Lord will give justice to his people, and he will change his mind about his servants, when he sees their strength is gone and no one is left, slave or free.
- Matthew 26:56But this is all happening to fulfill the words of the prophets as recorded in the Scriptures.” At that point, all the disciples deserted 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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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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