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Psalms 69:18

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Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
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  1. Psalms 111:9Rank 1 from verse 18
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    9He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.

  2. Psalms 22:1Rank 2 from verse 18
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    1MY God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

  3. Psalms 22:19Rank 3 from verse 18
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    19But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

  4. Psalms 49:15Rank 4 from verse 18
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    15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

  5. Deuteronomy 32:27Rank 5 from verse 18
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    27Were 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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Psalms 69:18

COMBINED MEANING

draw

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1. To pull or drag. 2. To bring, lead, or attract. 3. To take out or extract. 4. To make a line.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

nigh

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Near or close in place, time, relationship, kinship, condition, access, or degree; approaching, drawing close, at hand, or almost.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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redeem

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Sense 1: To buy back, repurchase, recover, or release a person or thing by payment, substitute, or appointed valuation. Sense 2: To rescue, free, or deliver from bondage, captivity, danger, death, enemies, trouble, the curse of the law, or iniquity.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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deliver

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Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

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17And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

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19Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

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