King James Version
Psalms 22:19 in the King James Version says “But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.”
Psalms 22:19 · KJV
I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. my darling: Heb. my only one power: Heb. hand
Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“from me O LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“But be not thou far”
H7368to widen (in any direction), i.e., (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
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