Psalms 22:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Be not far from me; For trouble is near; For there is none to help.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 72:12 : 12 For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper.
Ps 10:1 : 1 Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Ps 71:12 : 12 O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.
Deut 32:36 : 36 For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself for his servants; When he seeth that [their] power is gone, And there is none [remaining], shut up or left at large.
2 Kgs 14:26 : 26 For Jehovah saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.
Ps 13:1-3 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? 3 Consider [and] answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;
Ps 35:22 : 22 Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; Keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
Ps 38:21 : 21 Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.
Ps 69:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Ps 69:18 : 18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.
Ps 142:4-6 : 4 Look on [my] right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul. 5 I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living. 6 Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.
Isa 63:5 : 5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my wrath, it upheld me.
Matt 26:56 : 56 But all this is come to pass, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him, and fled.
Matt 26:72 : 72 And again he denied with an oath, I know not the man.
Matt 26:74 : 74 Then began he to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And straightway the cock crew.
John 16:32 : 32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is {G3568} come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and [yet] I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
Heb 5:7 : 7 Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up {G5037} prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 71:11-12
2 verses
84%
11Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; For there is none to deliver.
12O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.
Ps 22:19-20
2 verses
84%
19But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.
20Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog.
Ps 38:21-22
2 verses
81%
21Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.
22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.
Ps 22:12
77%
12Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Ps 22:1
77%
1For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning?
Ps 22:9-10
2 verses
76%
9But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust [when I was] upon my mother's breasts.
10I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me.
Ps 27:9-10
2 verses
76%
9Hide not thy face from me; Put not thy servant away in anger: Thou hast been my help; Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Jehovah will take me up.
Ps 30:10
76%
10Hear, O Jehovah, and have mercy upon me: Jehovah, be thou my helper.
Ps 3:1-2
2 verses
75%
1A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me.
2Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. {H5542}
Ps 25:16-17
2 verses
75%
16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; For I am desolate and afflicted.
17The troubles of my heart are enlarged: Oh bring thou me out of my distresses.
Ps 10:1
75%
1Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Ps 35:22
74%
22Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; Keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
Ps 70:1
74%
1For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David; to bring to remembrance. [Make haste], O God, to deliver me; Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
Ps 40:12-13
2 verses
74%
12For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.
13Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me: Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
Lam 1:20-21
2 verses
74%
20Behold, O Jehovah; for I am in distress; my heart is troubled; My heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
21They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.
Ps 69:17-18
2 verses
74%
17And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.
18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.
Ps 70:5
74%
5But I am poor and needy; Make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, make no tarrying.
Ps 142:4
74%
4Look on [my] right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul.
Ps 108:12
74%
12Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.
Job 6:13
74%
13Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?
Ps 60:11
74%
11Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.
Ps 118:13
74%
13Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; But Jehovah helped me.
Ps 31:22
73%
22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.
Job 30:13
73%
13They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, [Even] men that have no helper.
Ps 43:2
73%
2For thou art the God of my strength; Why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Ps 116:3
73%
3The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Ps 46:1
73%
1For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
Ps 109:22
72%
22For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
Ps 109:26
72%
26Help me, O Jehovah my God; Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:
Ps 54:4
72%
4Behold, God is my helper: The Lord is of them that uphold my soul.
2 Sam 22:19
72%
19They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
Ps 7:2
72%
2Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Ps 40:17
72%
17But I am poor and needy; [Yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.
Ps 31:9
72%
9Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.
Ps 9:13
72%
13Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction [which I suffer] of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
Jer 17:17
72%
17Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil.
2 Sam 22:6
72%
6The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
Ps 142:6
72%
6Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.
Ps 18:18
71%
18They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
Ps 71:9
71%
9Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.