Psalm 69:18 Context

◄ Psalm 69:18 ►

Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.

Context

18Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it;
Ransom me because of my enemies!

19You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor;
All my adversaries are before You.

20Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick.
And I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, but I found none.

21They also gave me gall for my food
And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

22May their table before them become a snare;
And when they are in peace, may it become a trap.

23May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,
And make their loins shake continually.

24Pour out Your indignation on them,
And may Your burning anger overtake them.

25May their camp be desolate;
May none dwell in their tents.

26For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have smitten,
And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded.

27Add iniquity to their iniquity,
And may they not come into Your righteousness.

28May they be blotted out of the book of life
And may they not be recorded with the righteous.

29But I am afflicted and in pain;
May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high.

30I will praise the name of God with song
And magnify Him with thanksgiving.

31And it will please the LORD better than an ox
Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.

32The humble have seen it and are glad;
You who seek God, let your heart revive.

33For the LORD hears the needy
And does not despise His who are prisoners.

34Let heaven and earth praise Him,
The seas and everything that moves in them.

35For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah,
That they may dwell there and possess it.

36The descendants of His servants will inherit it,
And those who love His name will dwell in it.

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