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Psalm 69:18

Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.

16Answer me, LORD, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.
17Don’t hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!
18Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
19You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.
20Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.
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“Draw near” makes the plea for rescue personal: the speaker asks God to come close while enemies remain a threat.

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Where else Scripture says this

9 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 70:1For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder. Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, LORD.Both prayers ask God to come and deliver the speaker from distress.
Psalm 72:14He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.Both passages speak of redeeming a soul, with enemies in Psalm 69 and oppression and violence in Psalm 72.
Psalm 26:11But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.Both speakers ask God to redeem them; Psalm 26 joins that request to a plea for mercy.
Psalm 22:19But don’t be far off, LORD. You are my help. Hurry to help me!Both prayers link God's nearness with help, asking him to close the distance and act.
Lamentations 3:57You came near in the day that I called on you. You said, “Don’t be afraid.”Psalm 69 asks God to draw near; Lamentations recounts that God came near when the speaker called.
Joshua 7:9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. What will you do for your …Both speakers appeal to God because of enemies, though Joshua also asks about God's great name.
Jeremiah 14:8You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?Both passages address God as the one who can save amid trouble and express a need for his presence.
Deuteronomy 32:27were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries should judge wrongly, lest they should say, ‘Our hand is exalted; the LORD has …Both passages name enemies as a reason for concern, though Deuteronomy focuses on what adversaries might claim about the LORD.
Job 6:23or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors’?Both texts use the language of redemption from hostile people, though Job questions whether he requested such help.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. feeling distant from God. fear for the future.

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This prayer leaves the danger unresolved. You do not have to describe relief before it comes; the speaker asks God for nearness and rescue while enemies remain.

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