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Don`t forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don`t be far from me.
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An Honest Prayer in Desperation
Commentators explain that this verse is a raw, emotional cry from someone feeling abandoned by God amidst suffering. Scholars like John Calvin note that such honest expressions of weakness and fear are a normal part of a believer's prayer life and do not signify a lack of faith. It's a plea for God's felt presence when He seems distant.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Forsake me not, O Lord — That is, Do not leave me in my troubles, my sickness, my sorrow. Leave me not to die; leave me not to comp…
19th Century
Baptist
For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me. For I am ready to halt…
16th Century
Protestant
In these concluding verses, David briefly states the chief point he desired and the sum of his whole prayer: specifically, that since he was forsak…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Forsake me not, O Lord Or continue not to forsake; for he seems to have been under divine desertion, and might be un…
Wicked men hate goodness, even when they benefit by it. David, in the complaints he makes of his enemies, seems to refer to Christ. But our enemies…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Previously, the psalmist pleaded for divine help: judge, O Lord, those who wrong me (Psalms 34:1). He showe…
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