Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
O God, be not far from me. O my God, make haste to help me.
New American Standard Bible
O my God,
King James Version
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
Holman Bible
my God, hurry to help me.
International Standard Version
God, do not be distant from me. My God, come quickly to help me.
American Standard Version
O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.
Amplified
O God, do not be far from me;
O my God, come quickly to help me!
Bible in Basic English
O God, be not far from me; O my God, come quickly to my help.
Darby Translation
O God, be not far from me; my God, hasten to my help.
Julia Smith Translation
O God, thou wilt not be far off from me: my God, hasten for my help.
King James 2000
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
Lexham Expanded Bible
O God, do not be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.
Modern King James verseion
O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste for my help.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Go not far from me, O God; my God, haste thee to help me.
NET Bible
O God, do not remain far away from me! My God, hurry and help me!
New Heart English Bible
God, do not be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.
The Emphasized Bible
O God, be not far from me, O my God, to help me, make haste!
Webster
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
World English Bible
God, don't be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.
Youngs Literal Translation
O God, be not far from me, O my God, for my help make haste.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 71:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prayer To God The Rock Of Refuge
11 saying, God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver. 12 O God, be not far from me. O my God, make haste to help me. 13 Let them be put to shame [and] consumed who are adversaries to my soul. Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor who seek my hurt.
Cross References
Psalm 35:22
Thou have seen it, O LORD. Keep not silence. O LORD, be not far from me.
Psalm 38:21-22
Forsake me not, O LORD. O my God, be not far from me.
Psalm 22:11
Be not far from me, for trouble is near, for there is none to help.
Psalm 10:1
Why do thou stand afar off, O LORD? Why do thou hide thyself in times of trouble?
Psalm 22:19
But be thou not far off, O LORD. O thou my succor, hasten thee to help me.
Psalm 40:13
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me. Make haste to help me, O LORD.
Psalm 69:18
Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
Psalm 70:1-2
[Hasten], O God, to deliver me. Make haste to help me, O LORD.
Psalm 70:5
But I am poor and needy. Make haste to me, O God. Thou are my help and my deliverer, O LORD. Delay thou not.
Psalm 143:7
Make haste to answer me, O LORD, my spirit fails. Hide not thy face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the pit.