Psalms 38:21

21 Lord, don't desert me. My God, don't be far away 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 I have many powerful enemies. They are strong and healthy. They hate me without any reason.
20 They pay me back with evil, even though I was good to them. They tell lies about me because I try to do what is good.
21 Lord, don't desert me. My God, don't be far away from me.
22 Lord my Savior, come quickly to help me.
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