Psalms 38:21

New Life Version

Do not leave me alone, 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 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!

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Do not forsake me, O Lord ; O my God, do not be far from me!

Contextual Overview

¹² Those who want to take my life set their traps. And those who want to destroy me talk about ways to do it. They make their sinful plans all day long. ¹³ But like a deaf man, I do not hear. I am like one who cannot speak and does not open his mouth. ¹⁴ Yes, I am like a man who does not hear, and whose mouth does not argue. ¹⁵ For I hope in You, O Lord. You will answer, O Lord my God. ¹⁶ For I said, "Do not let them be happy and raise themselves up against me when my foot trips." ¹⁷ For I am ready to fall. And my sorrow is always with me. ¹⁸ For I tell my wrong-doings. I am full of sorrow because of my sin. ¹⁹ But those who fight against me are full of action and strength. There are many who hate me without reason. ²⁰ They pay what is bad for what is good. They are against me because I follow what is good. ²¹ Do not leave me alone, 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.