Albert Barnes Commentary Psalms 22:11

Albert Barnes Commentary

Psalms 22:11

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Psalms 22:11

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"Be not far from me; for trouble is near; For there is none to help." — Psalms 22:11 (ASV)

Be not far from me — Do not withdraw from me; do not leave or forsake me.

For trouble is near — Near, in the sense that deep sorrow has come upon me; near, in the sense that I am approaching a dreadful death.

For there is none to help — Margin, as in Hebrew, “not a helper.” There were those who would have helped, but they could not; there were those who could have helped, but they would not. His friends that stood around the cross were unable to aid him; his foes were unwilling to do it; and he was left to suffer unhelped.