Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 69:18
Draw nigh unto my soul, [and] redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
18. Draw nigh ] Cp. the acknowledgement of answered prayer in Lam 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. Cp. Jer 15:21.
because of mine enemies ] Who will triumph if I am abandoned to their malice, and by whose triumph the honour of the God whom I serve will suffer. Cp. Psa 13:4.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
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 Isa 43:3; notes at Isa 44:22.
Deliver me, because of mine enemies – Because they are so numerous, so powerful, and so determined on my destruction. Compare Psa 13:4.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 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.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
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 partly because they are thine as well as mine enemies, and if they succeed, will triumph not only over me, but in some sort over thee, and over religion.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
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
Ps 41:8.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
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 tacitly complains, judging according to the flesh, that he is far from him. By the expression, Draw near, he means, that in so far as could be gathered from his actual condition, God appeared to have no regard to his welfare. Again, by calling upon God to draw near to his life, which he seemed to have forsaken, he exhibits a striking proof of the strength of his faith. The more cruelly he is molested by the wicked and proud, the more does he trust that God will appear to deliver him. As has been elsewhere observed, it is always to be held as an undoubted truth, that since “God resisteth the proud” (Jas 4:6,) he must at length repress the insolence and pride of those who obstinately resist him, although he may seem to connive at them for a time.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
Psa 69:18 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.
Because of mine enemies
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
redeem. Hebrew. ga’al. See Ex. note on Psa 6:6.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Jehovah Heareth the Needy
Psa 69:18-36
In Psa 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 Matthew and John had these verses in mind in describing our Lords sufferings on the Cross, Mat 27:48; Joh 19:29. The next section, Psa 69:22-28, is full of imprecations. We cannot bring these terrible words within the scope of our Lords teachings. They show, like a pillar which marks the farthest recession of the tide, how great a difference there is between the standard of the Old Testament ethics and that by which we shall be judged.
Psa 69:29-36 are full of anticipations of deliverance and vows of thanksgiving. The psalmist is sure that Gods salvation will lift him above his enemies, and that his thanks will be sweeter to God than any sacrifice. Notice that sudden address to seekers after God, Psa 69:32. Let us draw lessons from our own experiences of God that will hearten others. Seekers will certainly be finders where God is concerned! Mat 7:7. The news of Gods restoring power will circle out in ever-widening waves of glory, till heaven and earth and sea catch up the story and respond.
Fuente: F.B. Meyer’s Through the Bible Commentary
redeem
Heb. goel, Redemp. (Kinsman type). (See Scofield “Isa 59:20”).
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Draw: Psa 10:1, Psa 22:1, Psa 22:19, Jer 14:8
redeem: Psa 31:5, Psa 111:9, Job 6:23
because: Deu 32:27, Jos 7:9
Reciprocal: Psa 22:11 – Be not Psa 26:11 – redeem Psa 70:1 – O God Psa 71:12 – O God Psa 141:1 – make haste Lam 3:57 – drewest Mat 26:42 – the second