Psalms 22:19

King James Version

But be not thou far from me, O Lord : O my strength, haste thee to help me.

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
O Lord , do not stay far away! You are my strength; come quickly to my aid!

English Revised Version
But be not thou far off, O LORD: O thou my succour, haste thee to help me.

Update Bible Version
But don't be far off, O Yahweh: O you my succor, hurry to help me.

New Century Version
But, Lord , don't be far away. You are my strength; hurry to help me.

New English Translation
But you, O Lord , do not remain far away! You are my source of strength! Hurry and help me!

Webster's Bible Translation
But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

World English Bible
But don't be far off, Yahweh. You are my help: hurry to help me.

Amplified Bible
But You, O LORD, do not be far from me; O You my help, come quickly to my assistance.

English Standard Version
But you, O Lord , do not be far off! O you my help, come quickly to my aid!

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But thou, Lord, delaie not thin help fro me; biholde thou to my defence.

Berean Standard Bible
But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my strength, come quickly to help.

Contemporary English Version
Don't stay far away, Lord ! My strength comes from you, so hurry and help.

American Standard Version
But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.

Bible in Basic English
Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help.

Complete Jewish Bible
They divide my garments among themselves; for my clothing they throw dice.

Darby Translation
But thou, Jehovah, be not far [from me]; O my strength, haste thee to help me.

Easy-to-Read Version
Lord , don't leave me! You are my strength—hurry and help me!

JPS Old Testament (1917)
They part my garments among them, and for my vesture do they cast lots.

King James Version (1611)
But be not thou farre from mee, O Lord; O my strength, hast thee to helpe me.

New Life Bible
But You, O Lord, be not far from me! O my Strength, hurry to help me!

New Revised Standard
But you, O Lord , do not be far away! O my help, come quickly to my aid!

Geneva Bible (1587)
But be thou not farre off, O Lorde, my strength: hasten to helpe me.

George Lamsa Translation
But, O LORD, be not thou far from me; O God, O God, abide to help me.

Good News Translation
O Lord , don't stay away from me! Come quickly to my rescue!

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, thou, O Yahweh, be not far off, O my help! to aid me, make haste;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(21-20) But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me; look towards my defence.

Revised Standard Version
But thou, O LORD, be not far off! O thou my help, hasten to my aid!

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But be not thou farre from me O God: thou art my strength, make haste to helpe me.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But thou, O Lord, remove not my help afar off: be ready for mine aid.

Christian Standard Bible®
But you, Lord, don’t be far away.My strength, come quickly to help me.

Hebrew Names Version
But don't be far off, LORD. You are my help: hurry to help me.

Lexham English Bible
But you, O Yahweh, do not remain distant. O my help, hasten to help me.

Literal Translation
But You, O Jehovah, be not far off; O My Strength, hurry to help Me!

Young's Literal Translation
And Thou, O Jehovah, be not far off, O my strength, to help me haste.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But be not thou farre fro me, o LORDE: thou art my sucoure, haist the to helpe me.

THE MESSAGE
You, God —don't put off my rescue! Hurry and help me! Don't let them cut my throat; don't let those mongrels devour me. If you don't show up soon, I'm done for—gored by the bulls, meat for the lions.

New American Standard Bible
But You, LORD, do not be far away; You who are my help, hurry to my assistance.

New King James Version
But You, O LORD, do not be far from Me; O My Strength, hasten to help Me!

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But You, O Lord , be not far off; O You my help, hasten to my assistance.

Legacy Standard Bible
But You, O Yahweh, be not far off;O my Strength, hasten to my help.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. ¹² Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. ¹³ They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. ¹⁴ I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. ¹⁵ My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. ¹⁶ For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. ¹⁷ I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. ¹⁸ They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. ¹⁹ But be not thou far from me, O Lord : O my strength, haste thee to help me. ²⁰ Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

Bible Verse Review
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But: Psalms 22:11, Psalms 10:1

O my: Psalms 18:1, Psalms 21:1, Psalms 40:13, Psalms 40:17, Psalms 69:13-18

Reciprocal: Psalms 35:22 - be Psalms 38:21 - O my God Psalms 69:18 - Draw Psalms 71:12 - O God Psalms 102:2 - in the day

Cross-References

Genesis 21:31
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.

Joshua 15:28
And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,

Judges 20:1
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But be not thou far from me, O Lord,....

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O my strength; Christ as God is the mighty God, the Almighty; as Mediator, he is the strength of his people; but, as man, God is his strength; he is the man of his right hand, whom he has made strong for himself, and whom he has promised his arm shall strengthen,

Psalms 80:17; and therefore he addresses him in this manner here, saying,

haste thee to help me; his help was alone in God his strength; there were none that could help him but he, and he seemed to stand afar off from helping him, Psalms 22:1; and his case being so distressed, as is represented in the preceding verses, it required haste.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But be not thou far from me, O Lord - “O Yahweh.” Others - all others - have forsaken me, and left me to perish. Now, in the day of my desertion and my peril, be thou near to me. See Psalms 22:11. This is the burden of the prayer in the whole psalm, that God would not leave him, but sustain and deliver him. Compare Psalms 22:1.

O my strength - Source of my strength; thou on whom I rely for support and deliverance.

Haste thee to help me - Help me speedily. Come to support me; come to deliver me from these dreadful sorrows. This is not necessarily a prayer to be rescued from death, but it would be applicable to deliverance from those deep mental sorrows that had come upon him - from this abandonment to unutterable woes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 22:19. Be not thou far from me — In the first verse he asks, Why hast thou forsaken me? Or, as if astonished at their wickedness, Into what hands hast thou permitted me to fall? Now he prays, Be not far from me. St. Jerome observes here, that it is the humanity of our blessed Lord which speaks to his divinity. Jesus was perfect man; and as man he suffered and died. But this perfect and sinless man could not have sustained those sufferings so as to make them expiatory had he not been supported by the Divine nature. All the expressions in this Psalm that indicate any weakness, as far as it relates to Christ, (and indeed it relates principally to him,) are to be understood of the human nature; for, that in him God and man were united, but not confounded, the whole New Testament to me bears evidence, the manhood being a perfect man, the Godhead dwelling bodily in that manhood. Jesus, as MAN, was conceived, born, grew up, increased in wisdom, stature, and favour with God and man; hungered, thirsted, suffered, and died. Jesus, as GOD, knew all things, was from the beginning with God, healed the diseased, cleansed the lepers, and raised the dead; calmed the raging of the sea, and laid the tempest by a word; quickened the human nature, raised it from the dead, took it up into heaven, where as the Lamb newly slain, it ever appears in the presence of God for us. These are all Scripture facts. The man Christ Jesus could not work those miracles; the God in that man could not have suffered those sufferings. Yet one person appears to do and suffer all; here then is GOD manifested in the FLESH.

O my strength — The divinity being the power by which the humanity was sustained in this dreadful conflict.