“ Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. ”
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 min...
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 o...
redeem. Hebrew. ga'al. See Ex. note on Psalms 6:6 .
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, Da...
Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. Deliver me because of mine enemies - Probably they now began to think that the redemption of these captives was not an imp...
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 Psa...
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 suf...
Psalms 69:1-36 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...
“Jehovah Heareth the Needy” Psalms 69:18-36 In Psalms 69:19-21 the psalmist again spreads out his griefs before God. He had looked for pity, but his foes only aggravated his sufferings. Both...
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 te...
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...
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;...
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...
Complaints and Petitions. 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O L ORD , in an acceptable time: O God, in the...
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;...
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...
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 clas...
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 Je...
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 hi...
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 69:7-19 ). It is said to be "written i...
The Messiah's Vicarious Suffering. To the chief musician, for use in the public assembly of the congregation, upon Shoshannim, to be sung to the melody "On the Lilies. " The psalm is referred to s...
Deuteronomy 32:27 ; Jeremiah 14:8 ; Job 6:23 ; Joshua 7:9 ; Psalms 10:1 ; Psalms 111:9 ; Psalms 22:1 ; Psalms 22:19 ; Psalms 31:5
The Psalm of the Trespass Offering Psalms 69:1-21 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 t...