O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
Parallel translations
- WEB Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul; you have redeemed my life.
- BSB You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life.
- NKJV O Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul; You have redeemed my life.
- NASB Lord, You have pleaded my soul’s cause; You have redeemed my life.
- NLT Lord, you have come to my defense; you have redeemed my life.
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Quick answer
The Lord has taken up the poet's cause and redeemed his life.
Overview
God is portrayed as an advocate who pleads the case of the afflicted and a redeemer who rescues his life. This redemption language points beyond physical deliverance to God as the great Redeemer. It finds its climax in Christ, who pleads our cause as Advocate and redeems our lives by His blood (1 John 2:1; Titus 2:14).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ps 34:22The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
- Jer 51:36Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
- Ps 103:4Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
- Jer 50:34Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
- Ps 71:23My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
- Gen 48:16The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
- 1 Sam 25:39And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
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