The verb that is translated "is close to" here is used 947 times in the OT, and is "know/known" 750 of those times. It is never translated with a word related to "close" or "proximate" in the KJV (which is the version that my software uses).
Psalm 34:18 is a better source for the concept of God's nearness in the OT:
The LORD is near the brokenhearted; he saves those crushed in spirit.
In the New Testament, I would look to Acts 17:27-28
... he is not far from each one of us. For in him we live and move and have our being.
The verb that is translated "is close to" here is used 947 times in the OT, and is "know/known" 750 of those times. It is never translated with a word related to "close" or "proximate" in the KJV (which is the version that my software uses).
Psalm 34:18 is a better source for the concept of God's nearness in the OT:
> The LORD is near the brokenhearted; he saves those crushed in spirit.
In the New Testament, I would look to Acts 17:27-28
> ... he is not far from each one of us. For in him we live and move and have our being.
I'll let you be my spokesperson.
My job is more mental anyway.
I'll let you be my spokesperson.
My job is more mental anyway.
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