Psalms 38:21

21 (37-22) For sake me not, O Lord my God: do not thou depart 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 (37-20) But my enemies live, and are stronger than I: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 (37-21) They that render evil for good, have detracted me, because I followed goodness.
21 (37-22) For sake me not, O Lord my God: do not thou depart from me.
22 (37-23) Attend unto my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation.
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