Psalms 35:22
O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
BSB
ASV
Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
KJV
This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
"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.
This - Thou also hast seen, all their plots and threats, and all my distresses and calamities. Keep not - Be not deaf, to my prayers. The same word signifies, both to be silent, and to be deaf.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Exodus 3:7The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
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He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.
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Psalms 10:1Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
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My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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Psalms 28:1To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
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Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.