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Psalm 22:11

Don’t be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is no one to help.

9But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust while at my mother’s breasts.
10I was thrown on you from my mother’s womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.
11Don’t be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is no one to help.
12Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
13They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.
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Trouble is near, help is absent, and the plea for God to stay close carries the strain of facing danger without anyone to help.

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Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 71:12God, don’t be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.Both prayers ask God not to be far away, joining the need for his nearness with the need for help.
Psalm 10:1Why do you stand far off, LORD? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?Both address God over his distance in trouble; Psalm 10 asks why, while Psalm 22 pleads for him to stay near.
Hebrews 5:7He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been …Both describe prayer offered from distress to God, with Hebrews naming strong crying and tears before the one able to save.
John 16:32Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, …Both speak of being left without human support; Jesus also declares that the Father is with him.
Psalm 72:12For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.Both name the plight of someone with no helper; Psalm 22 pleads for nearness, while Psalm 72 promises deliverance.
Psalm 107:12Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was no one to help.Both describe distress in which there is no one to help, though Psalm 107 names exhausting labor and collapse.
Matthew 26:56But all this has happened that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.The absence of help in Psalm 22 connects with the disciples leaving Jesus and fleeing in Matthew.
Isaiah 63:5I looked, and there was no one to help; and I wondered that there was no one to uphold. Therefore my own arm brought salvation to me. My own wrath upheld me.Both describe finding no one to help, though Isaiah’s speaker acts with his own arm while the psalm’s speaker appeals to God.
Deuteronomy 32:36For the LORD will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, that there is no one remaining, shut up or left …Both describe helplessness; the psalm asks God to draw near, while Deuteronomy speaks of his compassion when his servants’ power is gone.
2 Kings 14:26For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter for all, slave and free; and there was no helper for Israel.Both name suffering without a helper, with Kings describing Israel’s bitter affliction under the LORD’s gaze.
Where this verse fits

Loneliness. feeling distant from God. anxiety or panic.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Pray Psalm 22:11 aloud before bed tonight

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Encouragement

Your prayer need not sound calm when trouble is close. Here, the cry for God’s nearness remains a prayer while danger surrounds the speaker and help is absent.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).