Psalms 38:21

21 Do not abandon me, O LORD. O my God, do not be so distant from me.

Psalms 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.

Psalms 38:21 In-Context

19 My mortal enemies are growing stronger. Many hate me for no reason.
20 They pay me back with evil instead of good, and they accuse me because I try to do what is good.
21 Do not abandon me, O LORD. O my God, do not be so distant from me.
22 Come quickly to help me, O Lord, my savior.
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