Psalms 69:18
16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.
- KJV
- Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
- WEB
- Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
- ASV
- Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.
- DARBY
- Draw nigh unto my soul, be its redeemer; ransom me because of mine enemies.
- BLB
- Draw near to my soul [and] redeem it; on account of my enemies, may You ransom me.
- ÅB
- Kom nær til min sjel, forløs den, frels meg for mine fienders skyld!
- OTB
- Kom nær til min sjel og forløs den;
Redd meg på grunn av mine fiender! - B1930
- Kom nær til min sjel, forløs den, frels mig for mine fienders skyld!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 111:9
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
Read in contextPsalms 22:19
But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Read in contextPsalms 22:1
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
Read in contextPsalms 49:15
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
Read in contextPsalms 10:1
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:27
Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
Read in contextJoshua 7:9
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
Read in contextJeremiah 14:8
O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
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