Sálmarnir 69:18

Heilögum Biblíunni

18 (69:19) Nálgast sál mína, leys hana, frelsa mig sakir óvina minna.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Draw: Psalms 10:1, Psalms 22:1, Psalms 22:19, Jeremiah 14:8

redeem: Psalms 31:5, Psalms 111:9, Job 6:23

because: Deuteronomy 32:27, Joshua 7:9

Reciprocal: Psalms 22:11 - Be not Psalms 26:11 - redeem Psalms 70:1 - O God Psalms 71:12 - O God Psalms 141:1 - make haste Lamentations 3:57 - drewest Matthew 26:42 - the second

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Draw nigh unto my soul,.... God his father, while he was suffering, stood afar off from him; wherefore he desires that he would draw nigh to him in the manifestations of his love and favour to him; which he did, when he made known to him the way of life, and made him full of joy with his countenance;

[and] redeem it: that is, from the power of the grave; not leave it there, but raise him from the dead, and give him glory, as he did;

deliver me, because of mine enemies; that they might not triumph over him, as if, being dead, he should rise no more; and so the Targum,

"that mine enemies might not lift up themselves against me.''

Or the meaning is, deliver me from the grave, raise me from the dead, that I may requite mine enemies, and take vengeance on them; see

Psalms 41:8.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Draw nigh unto my soul - To me - for my life is in danger.

And redeem it - Ransom it; save it from ruin. See the notes at Isaiah 43:3; notes at Isaiah 44:22.

Deliver me, because of mine enemies - Because they are so numerous, so powerful, and so determined on my destruction. Compare Psalms 13:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 69:18. Deliver me because of mine enemies. — Probably they now began to think that the redemption of these captives was not an impossible thing; that it was not far off; and therefore they had great rage, because they found their time was but short.