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Psalm 22:19

But don’t be far off, LORD. You are my help. Hurry to help me!

17I can count all of my bones. They look and stare at me.
18They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.
19But don’t be far off, LORD. You are my help. Hurry to help me!
20Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog.
21Save me from the lion’s mouth! Yes, you have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen.
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Notice

The plea for God to hurry names an urgency that can coexist with trust: the sufferer still addresses YHWH as his help.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 38:21Don’t forsake me, LORD. My God, don’t be far from me.Both prayers address the LORD with a plea that he would not be far away.
Psalm 22:11Don’t be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is no one to help.The plea for God to stay near recurs in both verses, spoken amid trouble and the need for help.
Psalm 141:1A Psalm by David. LORD, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.Urgency shapes both prayers: the speaker calls on the LORD to come or help without delay.
Psalm 40:13Be pleased, LORD, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, LORD.Both prayers ask the LORD to hurry with help, seeking his intervention in distress.
Where this verse fits

Feeling distant from God. anxiety or panic. waiting.

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Encouragement

Your prayer need not sound calm to express trust in God. Here, the cry for haste comes from someone who names YHWH as his help.

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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).