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Psalms 38:21

Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 38:22.

אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תַּֽעַזְבֵ֥נִיtaazvenicommit selfעָזַבverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “commit self”, a wish or indirect commandH5800to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.יְהוָ֑הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).אֱ֝לֹהַ֗יelohayGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “God”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תִּרְחַ֥קtirchaqlooseרָחַקverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “loose”, a wish or indirect commandH7368to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)(a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, [idiom] refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).מִמֶּֽנִּיmimenifromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(38-22) Forsake me not, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.

Young’s Literal Translation

Do not forsake me, O Jehovah, My God, be not far from me,

World English Bible

Don’t forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don’t be far from me.

Darby Translation

Forsake me not, Jehovah; O my God, be not far from me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(38-22) Forsake me not, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Forsake me not, O Lord my God: depart not from me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς με Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου, μὴ ἀποστῇς ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ.