Psalm 38:21

21 Verlaß mich nicht, Jehova; mein Gott, sei nicht fern von mir!

Psalm 38:21 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 38:21

Forsake me not, O Lord
Or continue not to forsake; for he seems to have been under divine desertion, and might be under apprehensions that God had utterly forsaken him; which he entreats he would not, though his friends had forsook him, and his own strength had failed and left him, ( Psalms 38:10 Psalms 38:11 ) ;

O my God, be not far from me;
as to his gracious presence, and with respect to help and deliverance, otherwise God is not far from any of his creatures, being omnipresent.

Psalm 38:21 In-Context

19 Meine Feinde aber leben, sind stark, und viele sind derer, die ohne Grund mich hassen;

20 und Böses für Gutes vergeltend, feinden sie mich an, weil ich dem Guten nachjage.

21 Verlaß mich nicht, Jehova; mein Gott, sei nicht fern von mir!

22 Eile zu meiner Hilfe, Herr, meine Rettung!