Revised Literal Translation
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 hope when I was 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 compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Read all of Psalms 22Psalms 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 standest thou afar off, O Yhwh? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
- Psalms 13:1How long wilt thou forget me, O Yhwh? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
- Psalms 35:22This thou hast seen, O Yhwh: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
- Psalms 38:21Forsake me not, O Yhwh: 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: O my God, make haste for my help.
- John 16:32Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
- Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
- Psalms 72:12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
- Psalms 142:4I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
- Deuteronomy 32:36For Yhwh shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
- Matthew 26:56But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook 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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Notes
- 1. Psalms 22:11 none…: Heb. not a helper. ↩
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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