Psalms 71:12 · KJV
“O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.”
— Psalms 71:12
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for {there is} none to deliver {him}.
Let them be confounded {and} consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered {with} reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
Psalms 71 — Context
For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, {lay...: Heb. watch, or, observe}
11Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for {there is} none to deliver {him}.
12O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
13Let them be confounded {and} consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered {with} reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
14But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
Cross References
Psalms 38:21-22
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
Psalms 35:22
{This} thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
Psalms 22:11
Be not far from me; for trouble {is} near; for {there is} none to help. {none...: Heb. not a helper}
Psalms 10:1
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? {why} hidest thou {thyself} in times of trouble?
Psalms 69:18
Draw nigh unto my soul, {and} redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
Psalms 70:5
But I {am} poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou {art} my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
Psalms 22:19
But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Psalms 143:7
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. {lest...: or, for I am become like, etc}