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Psalm 22:19 KJV

Psalms · chapter 22 · verse 19

But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.Psalm 22:19 · King James Version

Psalm 22:19 in context

17I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

18They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

19But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

20Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

21Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

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Commentary

In these verses we have Christ suffering and Christ praying, by which we are directed to look for crosses and to look up to God under them. I. Here is Christ suffering. David indeed was often in trouble, and beset with enemies;

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-21

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