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Psalms 71:12

O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

KJV

Quia liberabit pauperem a potente, et pauperem cui non erat adjutor.

Vulgate

ὅτι ἐρύσατο πτωχὸν ἐκ χειρὸς δυνάστου, καὶ πένητα ᾧ οὐχ ὑπῆρχεν βοηθός·

LXX

O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.

ASV

אֱ֭לֹהִים אַל תִּרְחַ֣ק מִמֶּ֑/נִּי אֱ֝לֹהַ֗/י לְ/עֶזְרָ֥תִ/י חיש/ה חֽוּשָׁ/ה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
ה
h
verb · 18×
ה
h
pronoun · 1×
י
y
noun · 22×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
תִּרְחַ֥ק
trchq
verb · 56×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ps 10:1 — Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
  • Ps 22:11 — Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
  • Ps 22:11 — Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
  • Ps 35:22 — This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
  • Ps 35:22 — This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
  • Ps 38:21 — Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
  • Ps 38:22 — Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
  • Ps 40:13 — Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
  • Ps 70:1 — MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 141:1 — Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
  • Ps 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.