Psalm 69:18
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קָרַב
qârab
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
גָּאַל
gâʼal
to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
נָצַל
nâtsal
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
Key Terms in This Verse
גָּאַל gâʼal
to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
Study H1350 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →Cross References
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
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?
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?
Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
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.
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