תהלים 22:11

Hebrew Modern Translation

אל תרחק ממני כי צרה קרובה כי אין עוזר׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
[22:12] ממני כי-צרה קרובה כי-אין עוזר

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
[22:12] אַל־תִּרְחַ֣ק מִ֭מֶּנִּי כִּי־צָרָ֣ה קְרוֹבָ֑ה כִּי־אֵ֥ין עוֹזֵֽר ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
[22:12] אַל־תִּרְחַק מִמֶּנִּי כִּי־צָרָה קְרוֹבָה כִּי־אֵין עוֹזֵֽר ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Be not: Psalms 10:1, Psalms 13:1-3, Psalms 35:22, Psalms 38:21, Psalms 69:1, Psalms 69:2, Psalms 69:18, Psalms 71:12, John 16:32, Hebrews 5:7

none to help: Heb. not a helper, Psalms 72:12, Psalms 142:4-6, Deuteronomy 32:36, Matthew 26:56, Matthew 26:72, Matthew 26:74

Reciprocal: Psalms 22:1 - far Psalms 22:19 - But Psalms 40:12 - innumerable Psalms 88:3 - soul Psalms 107:12 - and there Psalms 119:150 - draw nigh Mark 14:43 - and with

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Be not far from me,.... Who had been so near unto him, as to take him out of the womb, and to take the care of him ever since; this is to be understood not with respect to the omnipresence of God, who is everywhere, and is not far from any of us; but of his presence, which was now withdrawn from Christ, and he was filled with a sense of divine wrath, and with sorrow and distress; and also of his powerful and assisting presence which he had promised, and Christ expected, and believed he should have, as he had: the reasons for it follow:

for trouble [is] near; Satan was marching towards him with his principalities and powers, to attack him in the garden and on the cross; Judas, one of his own disciples, was at hand to betray him; a multitude with swords and staves were about to seize him; the sins and chastisement of his people were just going to be laid upon him; the sword of justice was awaked against him, ready to give the blow; the hour of death was near, he was brought to the dust of it, as in

Psalms 22:15. A second reason is given,

for [there is] none to help; none among his disciples: one of them was to betray him, another to deny him, and all to forsake him and flee from him, as they did; nor any among the angels in heaven; for though they ministered to him in the wilderness, and strengthened him in the garden, there were none near him on the cross, that it might be manifest that salvation was wrought out alone by him, Isaiah 63:5; and, indeed, if any of these had been willing to have helped him, it was not in their power to do it, none but God could; and therefore he applies to him, who had promised and was as good as his word, Isaiah 49:8.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Be not far from me - Do not withdraw from me; do not leave or forsake me.

For trouble is near - Near, in the sense that deep sorrow has come upon me; near, in the sense that I am approaching a dreadful death.

For there is none to help - Margin, as in Hebrew, “not a helper.” There were those who would have helped, but they could not; there were those who could have helped, but they would not. His friends that stood around the cross were unable to aid him; his foes were unwilling to do it; and he was left to suffer unhelped.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 22:11. Be not far from me; for trouble is near — A present God is a present blessing. We always need the Divine help; but more especially when troubles and trials are at hand.