Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 69:18
Draw nigh unto My soul, for the purpose of rendering His divine assistance, and redeem it; deliver Me because of Mine enemies, who were upon Him to take His life.
Draw nigh unto My soul, for the purpose of rendering His divine assistance, and redeem it; deliver Me because of Mine enemies, who were upon Him to take His life.
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 th...
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 - Bec...
PSALM 69-72 Psalms 69 The Suffering and Rejected Christ _ 1. Hated without a cause (Psalms 69:1)_ 2. Bearing reproach (Psalms 69:7) 3. His own prayer ...
LXIX. A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE AND REVENGE. The author was a pious Jew, burning with zeal for the purity of the Temple worship (Psalms 69:9). He was a representative man, so that the reproaches of tho...
REDEEM. Hebrew. _ga'al._ See Ex. note on Psalms 6:6....
From the hardheartedness of men he turns to the mercy of God....
_Draw nigh_ Cp. the acknowledgement of answered prayer in Lamentations 3:57-58, -Thou drewest nigh in the day when I called upon thee … thou redeemedst my life." _deliver me_ Or, as R.V., ransom me....
PSALMS 69 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Pictures of Distress and Outcries for Deliverance, followed by Imprecations on Cruel Enemies, and by Promises of Praise. ANALYSIS This psalm is almost certainly Composit...
_BUT AS FOR ME, MY PRAYER IS UNTO THEE, O LORD, IN AN ACCEPTABLE TIME: O GOD, IN THE MULTITUDE OF THY MERCY HEAR ME, IN THE TRUTH OF THY SALVATION._ -The prayer for deliverance renewed from Psalms 69:...
69:18 redeemer; (b-8) See Note, Leviticus 25:25 ; it is rendered also 'avenger,' Numbers 35:12 . see Ruth 3:13 ; Ruth 4:8 ,...
Cp. Jeremiah 15:21....
This whole Ps. should be compared with Psalms 22:31, 35, 38,, 40. It is the prayer of one who is in deep distress, wrongfully persecuted by enemies, and conscious that, though he is sinful, his suffer...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
_[Psalms 69:19]_ קָרְבָ֣ה אֶל ־נַפְשִׁ֣י גְאָלָ֑הּ לְמַ֖עַן...
Psalms 69:1 THE Davidic authorship of this psalm is evidently untenable, if for no other reason, yet because of the state of things presupposed in Psalms 69:35. The supposition that Jeremiah was the a...
“JEHOVAH HEARETH THE NEEDY” Psalms 69:18 In Psalms 69:19 the psalmist again spreads out his griefs before God. He had looked for pity, but his foes only aggravated his sufferings. Both Matthew and Jo...
Perhaps in no psalm in the whole psalter is the sense of sorrow profounder or more intense than in this. The soul of the singer pours itself out in unrestrained abandonment to the overwhelming and ter...
Reader! if you are much acquainted with the evangelists accounts of Jesus's sufferings in the garden and on the cross (and if you are not, it is much to be wished that you were) you will see how all t...
18._Draw near to my soul, redeem it. _David was doubtless fully persuaded by faith that God was near him; but as we are accustomed to measure the presence or absence of God by the effects, David here...
Psalms 69. The state of soul of which this most important psalm is the expression demands the utmost attention and patient inquiry. We have all along seen the remnant of Israel before us, or Christ as...
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; wh...
Draw nigh unto my soul, [and] redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. Ver. 18. _Draw nigh unto my soul_] Who seemest to be afar off; so the flesh suggesteth when help is any whit deferred. _...
_Let me be delivered from them that hate me_ By thus speaking, he explains his meaning in the metaphors here used of _mire, waters, deep_, and _pit. For thy loving-kindness is good_ Is eminently and u...
13-21 Whatever deep waters of affliction or temptation we sink into, whatever floods of trouble or ungodly men seem ready to overwhelm us, let us persevere in prayer to our Lord to save us. The token...
DRAW NIGH UNTO MY SOUL, to support and relieve it, O thou who seemest to be departed far away from me. BECAUSE OF MINE ENEMIES; partly because they persecute it, and greedily seek to destroy it; and p...
Psalms 69:18 near H7126 (H8798) soul H5315 redeem H1350 (H8798) Deliver H6299 (H8798) enemies H341 ...
REDEEM Hebrew, "goel," Redemption (Kinsman type). (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _...
We shall read together at this time a part of the 69 th Psalm, and afterwards two passages in the New Testament. Although there is no doubt that this Psalm is intended to describe a very large class o...
CONTENTS: David complains of great distress and begs God to succor him. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: When the waters of affliction rise about us, the only course is to commit the keeping of o...
The Chaldee paraphrase ascribes this psalm to David, and with great care regards it as highly prophetic of the Messiah. St. Paul therefore knew the high authority he had, in quoting it against the Jew...
_But as for me, my prayer is unto Thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time._ THE COMPASSIONABLE, COMMENDABLE, AND CENSURABLE I. The compassionable. The representation which the author here gives of his s...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 69:1. This is an individual lament. A faithful Israelite is suffering for wrongs he has done (v. Psalms 69:5). Attackers take advantage of his
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 69:13 MY PRAYER IS TO YOU, ANSWER ME, HIDE NOT YOUR FACE, DRAW NEAR. The singer’s case is desperate, and he urgently needs
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of David.” “_To the chief musician_.” See the introduction to Psalms 57. “_Upon Shoshannim_. See the introduction to Psa...
EXPOSITION THIS is the cry of one suffering severely from men, partly on account of his own sins (Psalms 69:5), but mainly for the sake of God (Psalms 69:7). It is said to be "written in the style of...
The sixty-ninth psalm is a Messianic psalm. That is, it is a psalm of prophecy concerning Jesus Christ. And there are many scriptures within the psalm here that make reference to Jesus Christ. Save me...
Deuteronomy 32:27; Jeremiah 14:8; Job 6:23; Joshua 7:9; Psalms 10:1;...
THE PSALM OF THE TRESPASS OFFERING Psalms 69:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The 69th Psalm, which we are to study today, is one of those great Calvary Psalms which stir our souls. Like other Psalms there are...