Psalms 69:18

69:17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. hear: Heb. make haste to hear me

Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

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Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.

Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

Draw near to my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of my enemies.

69:19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

What does Psalms 69:18 mean?

Psalms 69:18 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include קָרַב (qârab), נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh), גָּאַל (gâʼal).

Hebrew interlinear

Draw

nighקָרַבqârab/kaw-rab'/H7126to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose

unto

soul,נֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

and

redeemגָּאַלgâʼal/gaw-al'/H1350to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)

it:

deliverפָּדָהpâdâh/paw-daw'/H6299to sever, i.e. ransom; gener. to release, preserve

because

mine

enemies.אֹיֵבʼôyêb/o-yabe'/H341hating; an adversary

Topics

Persecution

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 69:18.

1 Samuel 25:29

Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling. as out: Heb. in the midst of the bought of a sling

Hosea 13:14

I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. power: Heb. hand

Leviticus 27:27

And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.

Micah 4:10

Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 69:18 say?

Psalms 69:18 (King James Version) reads: "Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies."

Is Psalms 69:18 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 69:18 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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