Psalm 71:12 {70:12}
Good News Translation
Don't stay so far away, O God; my God, hurry to my aid!

New Revised Standard Version
O God, do not be far from me; O my God, make haste to help me!

Contemporary English Version
Come closer, God! Please hurry and help.

New American Bible
God, be not far from me; my God, hasten to help me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
O God, be not thou far from me: O my God, make haste to my help.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

O God

Psalm 22:11,19 Depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for there is none to help me. . . .

Psalm 35:22 Thou hast seen, O Lord, be not thou silent: O Lord, depart not from me.

Psalm 38:21,22 For sake me not, O Lord my God: do not thou depart from me. . . .

Psalm 69:18 Attend to my soul, and deliver it: save me because of my enemies.

make

Psalm 70:1,2 Unto the end, a psalm for David, to bring to remembrance that the Lord saved him. [2] O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me. . . .

Psalm 143:7 Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit hath fainted away. Turn not away thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

Context
In You, O LORD, I Have Taken Refuge
11Saying: God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him. 12O God, be not thou far from me: O my God, make haste to my help.13Let them be confounded and come to nothing that detract my soul; let them be covered with confusion and blame that seek my hurt.…
Cross References
Psalm 10:1
Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble?

Psalm 22:11
Depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for there is none to help me.

Psalm 35:22
Thou hast seen, O Lord, be not thou silent: O Lord, depart not from me.

Psalm 38:21
For sake me not, O Lord my God: do not thou depart from me.

Psalm 38:22
Attend unto my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation.

Psalm 40:13
Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me. Look down, O Lord, to help me.

Psalm 70:1
Unto the end, a psalm for David, to bring to remembrance that the Lord saved him. [2] O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me.

Psalm 70:5
But I am needy and poor; O God, help me. Thou art my helper and my deliverer: O Lord, make no delay.

Psalm 71:11
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