Psalms 71:12
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
O God, be not farre from mee: O my God, make haste for my helpe.
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1MAKE haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord.
2Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
1¶ Make haste, *O God, to deliuer mee, make haste †to helpe me, O LORD.
2Let them be ashamed and confounded that seeke after my soule: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
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Psalms 71:12
The one true God.
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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
1. To move or act quickly or without delay. 2. Speed or hurry in action.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Sense 1: Aid, assistance, or relief. Sense 2: As a verb, to aid, assist, or support.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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11Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
11Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him, for there is none to deliuer him.
12O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
12O God, be not farre from mee: O my God, make haste for my helpe.
Selected passage13Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
13Let them be confounded and consumed, that are aduersaries to my soule: let them bee couered with reproch and dishonour, that seeke my hurt.