Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Forsake me not, O LORD. O my God, be not far from me.
New American Standard Bible
O my God,
King James Version
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
Holman Bible
my God, do not be far from me.
International Standard Version
Don't forsake me, LORD. My God, do not be so distant from me.
American Standard Version
Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.
Amplified
Do not abandon me, O Lord;
O my God, do not be far from me.
Darby Translation
Forsake me not, Jehovah; O my God, be not far from me.
Julia Smith Translation
And they requiting evil for good will be mine adversaries, for my pursuing Thou Thou wilt not forsake me, O Jehovah: my God, thou wilt not remove far off from me.
King James 2000
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not forsake me, O Yahweh. O my God, do not be far from me.
Modern King James verseion
Forsake me not, O Jehovah; O my God, be not far from me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Forsake me not, O LORD my God; O go not far from me.
NET Bible
Do not abandon me, O Lord! My God, do not remain far away from me!
New Heart English Bible
Do not forsake me, LORD. My God, do not be far from me.
The Emphasized Bible
Do not forsake me, O Yahweh, My God! be not far from me:
Webster
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
World English Bible
Don't forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don't be far from me.
Youngs Literal Translation
Do not forsake me, O Jehovah, My God, be not far from me,
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 38:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer Of A Suffering Sinner
20 They also who render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good. 21 Forsake me not, O LORD. O my God, be not far from me. 22 Make haste to help me, O LORD, my salvation.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 22:19
But be thou not far off, O LORD. O thou my succor, hasten thee to help me.
Psalm 22:1
My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me, far from helping me, [and] the words of my groaning?
Psalm 22:11
Be not far from me, for trouble is near, for there is none to help.
Psalm 22:24
For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, neither has he hid his face from him, but when he cried to him, he heard.
Psalm 35:21-22
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, Aha, aha, our eye has seen it.