Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.
Parallel translations
- WEB Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
- KJV Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
- NKJV Draw near to my soul, and redeem it; Deliver me because of my enemies.
- NASB Come near to my soul and redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies!
- NLT Come and redeem me; free me from my enemies.
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Quick answer
David asks God to draw near, redeem, and ransom his soul because of his enemies. It pleads for God's personal, rescuing intervention.
Overview
David calls on God to come close and to redeem and ransom him from his foes, using the language of buying back a captive. His hope is in God acting as his Redeemer. This redemption foreshadows the gospel, where Christ ransoms his people from sin and death, drawing near to save those who could never free themselves.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Ps 22:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
- Ps 111:9He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.
- Ps 22:19But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
- Ps 49:15But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
- Ps 10:1Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
- Ps 31:5Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.
- Deut 32:27if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”
- Jer 14:8O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
- Josh 7:9When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”
- Job 6:23deliver me from the hand of the enemy; redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless’?
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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