They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.

The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

Many oxen are come about me; fat bulls of Bashan close me in on every side.

For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.

The Lord is near to the heartbroken
And He saves those who are crushed in spirit (contrite in heart, truly sorry for their sin).

Draw also the spear and javelin to meet those who pursue me.
Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.”

As for my friends and my neighbors, they stand aloof from my distress; even my close relatives stand at a distance.

An evil disease, say they, clings close unto him: and now that he lies down he shall rise up no more.

Even {my close friend}, whom I trusted, [who] ate my bread, has lifted [his] heel against me.

but it is you a man whom I treated as my equal my personal confidant, my close friend!

We used to have close fellowship;
we walked with the crowd into the house of God.

They hold all together, and keep themselves close, and mark my steps, when they lay wait for my soul.

I follow close to You;
Your right hand holds on to me.

Do not let the floodwater overwhelm me,
Nor the deep waters swallow me up,
Nor the pit [of Sheol] shut its mouth over me.

Draw near to my soul and redeem it;
Ransom me because of my enemies [so that they do not delight in my distress].

But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling,
My steps had almost slipped.

But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works. A contemplation by Asaph.

I was afflicted and close to death from my youth on;
I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome.

They surround me like water all day long;
they close in on me from every side.

I have kept close to thy testimonies, O Yahweh! do not put me to shame.

Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.

And he has raised high a horn for his people, praise for all his faithful-- for the children of Israel, a people close to him. Praise Yah.