Psalms 69:18

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

Come near to me, and redeem me; ransom me because of my enemies.

Berean Standard Bible:

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

American Standard Version:

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

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Draw nigh{H7126}{H8798)} unto my soul{H5315}, and redeem{H1350}{H8798)} it: deliver{H6299}{H8798)} me because of mine enemies{H341}{H8802)}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Psalms 22:19

  • But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

Psalms 111:9

  • He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend [is] his name.

Psalms 22:1

  • ¶ To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring?

Deuteronomy 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.

Joshua 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?

Jeremiah 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?

Psalms 10:1

  • ¶ Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? [why] hidest thou [thyself] in times of trouble?

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Commentary for Psalms 69:18

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H7126
    There are 259 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: קָרַב
    Transliteration: qârab
    Pronunciation: kaw-rab'
    Description: a primitive root; to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose; (cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.
  2. Strong's Number: H5315
    There are 683 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נֶפֶשׁ
    Transliteration: nephesh
    Pronunciation: neh'-fesh
    Description: from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
  3. Strong's Number: H1350
    There are 84 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גָּאַל
    Transliteration: gâʼal
    Pronunciation: gaw-al'
    Description: a primitive root, to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e.; to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.); [idiom] in any wise, [idiom] at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.
  4. Strong's Number: H6299
    There are 48 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: פָּדָה
    Transliteration: pâdâh
    Pronunciation: paw-daw'
    Description: a primitive root; to sever, i.e. ransom; gener. to release, preserve; [idiom] at all, deliver, [idiom] by any means, ransom, (that are to be, let be) redeem(-ed), rescue, [idiom] surely.
  5. Strong's Number: H341
    There are 481 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֹיֵב
    Transliteration: ʼôyêb
    Pronunciation: o-yabe'
    Description: or (fully) אוֹיֵב; active participle of אָיַב; hating; an adversary; enemy, foe.