Psalms 69:18 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 69:18

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.

YLT

Be near unto my soul--redeem it, Because of mine enemies ransom me.

DBT

Draw nigh unto my soul, be its redeemer; ransom me because of mine enemies.

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Messianic PsalmsSuffering Psalm — John 2:17 (zeal for thy house), John 19:28 (vinegar to drink).

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Psalms 70:1
Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord.
Psalms 72:14
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
Psalms 111:9
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
Psalms 22:19
But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Psalms 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?

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These earnest terms are often used, and the address to God, as indifferent or averse, is found in Ps 3:7; Calling God to witness his distress, he presents its aggravation produced by the want of sympathizing friends (compare Isa 63:5;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

"Draw nigh to my soul, to manifest thyself to it, and that shall redeem it." II. What his pleas are to enforce these petitions. He pleads God's mercy and truth (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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