The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 69:18

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it. David often complains that God is far from him (Psalms 10:1; Psalms 22:19; Psalms 38:21; Psalms 71:12, etc.), and prays that he will "draw nigh," the sense of distance and alienation being intolerable.

Deliver me because of mine enemies; i.e. because of their plots and machinations (see Psalms 69:4).

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