Psalms 35:22

You have seen it, Yahweh. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

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WEBBE

You have seen it, LORD. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

BSB

O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.

KJV

This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

ASV

Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

BBE

You have seen this, O Lord; be not unmoved: O Lord, be not far from me.

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רָאִיתָה ra·'i·tah you have seen H7200 יְהוָה yah·weh O Yahweh H3068 אַל־ 'al- may not H408 תֶּחֱרַשׁ te·che·rash you be silent H2790 אֲדֹנָי 'a·do·nai O Lord H136 אֲל־ 'al- may not H408 תִּרְחַק tir·chak you be distant H7368 מִמֶּנִּי mi·me·ni from me H4480

The early church

"This Thou hast seen, O Lord; keep not silence" [Psalm 35:22]. What is, "keep not silence"? Judge Thou. For of judgment is it said in a certain place, "I have kept silence; shall I keep silence for ever?" And of the delaying of judgment it is said to the sinner, "These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;" "Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself." How keepeth He silence, who speaketh by the Prophets, who speaketh with His own mouth in the Gospel, who speaketh by the Evangelists, who speaketh by us, when we speak the truth? What then? He keepeth silence from judgment, not from precept, not from doctrine. But this His judgment the Prophet in a manner invoketh, and predicteth: "Thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence;" that is, Thou wilt not keep silence, needs must that Thou wilt judge. "O Lord, be not far from Me." Until Thy judgment come, be not far from Me, as Thou hast promised, "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world."
Augustine of Hippo · d. 430Expositions on the Psalms

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 17–28

Though the people of God are, and study to be, quiet, yet it has been common for their enemies to devise deceitful matters against them. David prays, My soul is in danger, Lord, rescue it; it belongs to thee the Father of spirits, therefore claim thine own; it is thine, save it! Lord, be not far from me, as if I were a stranger. He who exalted the once suffering Redeemer, will appear for all his people: the roaring lion shall not destroy their souls, any more than he could that of Christ, their Surety. They trust their souls in his hands, they are one with him by faith, are precious in his sight, and shall be rescued from destruction, that they may give thanks in heaven.

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Spurgeon · Verse 22

"This thou hast seen, O Lord." Here is comfort. Our heavenly Father knows all our sorrow. Omniscience is the saint's candle which never goes out. A father will not long endure to see his child abused. Shall not God avenge his own elect? "Keep not silence." Rebuke thine enemies and mine, O Lord. A word will do it. Clear my character, comfort my heart. "O Lord, be not far from me." Walk the furnace with me. Stand in the pillory at my side. The sweet presence of God is the divine cordial of the persecuted; his painful absence would be their deepest misery.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.