Parallel Verses
King James Version
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
New American Standard Bible
O my God,
Holman Bible
my God, hurry to help me.
International Standard Version
God, do not be distant from me. My God, come quickly to help me.
A Conservative Version
O God, be not far from me. O my God, make haste to help me.
American Standard Version
O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.
Amplified
O God, do not be far from me;
O my God, come quickly to help me!
Bible in Basic English
O God, be not far from me; O my God, come quickly to my help.
Darby Translation
O God, be not far from me; my God, hasten to my help.
Julia Smith Translation
O God, thou wilt not be far off from me: my God, hasten for my help.
King James 2000
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
Lexham Expanded Bible
O God, do not be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.
Modern King James verseion
O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste for my help.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Go not far from me, O God; my God, haste thee to help me.
NET Bible
O God, do not remain far away from me! My God, hurry and help me!
New Heart English Bible
God, do not be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.
The Emphasized Bible
O God, be not far from me, O my God, to help me, make haste!
Webster
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
World English Bible
God, don't be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.
Youngs Literal Translation
O God, be not far from me, O my God, for my help make haste.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 71:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prayer To God The Rock Of Refuge
11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him. 12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. 13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
Cross References
Psalm 35:22
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
Psalm 38:21-22
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
Psalm 22:11
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Psalm 10:1
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Psalm 22:19
But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Psalm 40:13
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
Psalm 69:18
Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
Psalm 70:1-2
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.} Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.
Psalm 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.
Psalm 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.