Psalms 38:21

New American Standard Bible (1995)

Do not forsake me, O Lord ; O my God, do not be far from me!

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Lord, do not abandon me;my God, do not be far from me.

Hebrew Names Version
Don't forsake me, LORD. My God, don't be far from me.

King James Version
Forsake me not, O Lord : O my God, be not far from me.

English Standard Version
Do not forsake me, O Lord ! O my God, be not far from me!

New Century Version
Lord , don't leave me; my God, don't go away.

New English Translation
Do not abandon me, O Lord ! My God, do not remain far away from me!

Amplified Bible
Do not abandon me, O LORD; O my God, do not be far from me.

New American Standard Bible
Do not abandon me, LORD; My God, do not be far from me!

World English Bible
Don't forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don't be far from me.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Forsake me not, O Lord: be not thou farre from me, my God.

Legacy Standard Bible
Do not forsake me, O Yahweh;O my God, do not be far from me!

Berean Standard Bible
Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.

Contemporary English Version
You are the Lord God! Stay nearby and don't desert me.

Complete Jewish Bible
and, since they repay good with evil, they oppose me because I pursue good.

Darby Translation
Forsake me not, Jehovah; O my God, be not far from me.

Easy-to-Read Version
Lord , don't leave me. My God, stay close to me.

George Lamsa Translation
Forsake me not, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me.

Good News Translation
Do not abandon me, O Lord ; do not stay away, my God!

Lexham English Bible
Do not forsake me, O Yahweh. O my God, do not be far from me.

Literal Translation
O Jehovah, do not forsake me! O my God, do not be far from me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Forsake me not (O LORDE my God) O go not farre fro me.

American Standard Version
Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.

Bible in Basic English
Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
They also that repay evil for good are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

King James Version (1611)
Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not farre from me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Forsake me not O God: O my Lorde be not thou farre fro me.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Forsake me not, O Lord my God: depart not from me.

English Revised Version
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
My Lord God, forsake thou not me; go thou not awei fro me.

Update Bible Version
Don't forsake me, O Yahweh: O my God, don't be far from me.

Webster's Bible Translation
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

New King James Version
Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me!

New Living Translation
Do not abandon me, O Lord . Do not stand at a distance, my God.

New Life Bible
Do not leave me alone, O Lord! O my God, do not be far from me!

New Revised Standard
Do not forsake me, O Lord ; O my God, do not be far from me;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Do not forsake me, O Yahweh, My God! be not far from me:

Douay-Rheims Bible
(37-22) For sake me not, O Lord my God: do not thou depart from me.

Revised Standard Version
Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!

Young's Literal Translation
Do not forsake me, O Jehovah, My God, be not far from me,

THE MESSAGE
Don't dump me, God ; my God, don't stand me up. Hurry and help me; I want some wide-open space in my life!

Contextual Overview

¹² Those who seek my life lay snares for me; And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction, And they devise treachery all day long. ¹³ But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth. ¹⁴ Yes, I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth are no arguments. ¹⁵ For I hope in You, O Lord ; You will answer, O Lord my God. ¹⁶ For I said, "May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me." ¹⁷ For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me. ¹⁸ For I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin. ¹⁹ But my enemies are vigorous and strong, And many are those who hate me wrongfully. ²⁰ And those who repay evil for good, They oppose me, because I follow what is good. ²¹ Do not forsake me, O Lord ; O my God, do not be far from me!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

O my God: Psalms 22:1, Psalms 22:11, Psalms 22:19, Psalms 22:24, Psalms 35:21, Psalms 35:22

Reciprocal: Psalms 27:9 - leave Psalms 71:12 - O God Psalms 119:8 - O forsake Daniel 6:22 - My God

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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;

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Forsake me not, O Lord - That is, Do not leave me in my troubles, my sickness, my sorrow. Leave me not to die; leave me not to complain and dishonor thee; leave me not to the reproaches of my enemies.

O my God, be not far from me - See Psalms 35:22. Compare Psalms 10:1; Psalms 13:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 38:21. Forsake me not, O Lord — Though all have forsaken me, do not thou.

Be not far from me — Though my friends keep aloof, be thou near to help me.