Psalms 38:22

22 Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior.

Psalms 38:22 in Other Translations

KJV
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
ESV
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
NLT
22 Come quickly to help me, O Lord my savior.
MSG
22 Hurry and help me; I want some wide-open space in my life!
CSB
22 Hurry to help me, Lord, my Savior.

Psalms 38:22 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 38:22

Make haste and help me
Or, "for my help"; his case required haste, and God does help his people when none else can, and that right early;

O Lord, my salvation;
by which it appears that his prayer was a prayer of faith; he saw that his salvation was in the Lord, and in no other; and though he had been and was in such a low condition, both in soul and body, yet his faith was not lost; that is an abiding grace, and will continue under the influence of the author and finisher of it, until the end of it is received, the salvation of the soul. R. Moses


FOOTNOTES:

F18 thinks the phrase "make haste" is to be repeated here, and read thus, "make haste, O Lord, to my salvation".


F18 In Aben Ezra & R. Joseph Kimchi in R. David Kimchi in loc.

Psalms 38:22 In-Context

20 Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good.
21 LORD, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God.
22 Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior.

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Psalms 22:19
  • 2. Psalms 40:13
  • 3. S 1 Chronicles 16:35; Psalms 27:1
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