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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 86:3

Be merciful = Show me favour, or Be gracious. LORD*. One of the 134 places where the Sopherim say they changed Jehovah to Adonai. See App-32 . daily = all the day. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 86:1-10

1. A request for protection 86:1-10David appealed to God for preservation as a dependent, needy believer who sought to walk in trust and obedience with his God. He viewed God’s granting of his request as based on His grace, not something God owed him. He looked forward to rejoicing when the answer came."Hope begins with submitting oneself fully to the protection of God." [Note: VanGemeren, p. 557.] David’s attitude of humility comes through in the terms he used in addressing God in this psalm.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 86:1-17

Psalms 86On the basis of God’s goodness, David asked the Lord to demonstrate His strength by opposing the proud who exalted themselves against him. This is the only psalm ascribed to David in Book 3 (Psalms 73-89). It is an individual lament psalm that speaks out of a situation of disorientation. It is a virtual mosaic of other psalms, and its quotations are almost verbatim.Verses in Psalms 86Similar verses elsewherePsalms 86:1Psalms 17:6; Psalms 31:2; Psalms 35:10; Psalms 37:14; and Psalms... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 86:1-17

This is a Psalm of general supplication for help in trouble, and breathes a devout spirit of gratitude and confidence towards God. Specially remarkable is the hope of Psalms 86:9 that God will be universally worshipped. The Ps. is made up of quotations from other Pss. and portions of the OT., and is to be dated after the return from the exile.1. Hear] RV ’answer.’ Poor and needy] see Psalms 40:17; Psalms 70:5. 2. Preserve my soul, etc.] see Psalms 25:20. Holy] RV ’godly’; rather, ’one whom thou... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 86:1-17

A Pattern of Prayer Psalms 86:1-5 The prayer that springs from a deep-felt need, and will not cease till that need is supplied, may say the same things over a hundred times, and yet they shall not be vain. I. The Invocations. In general, this Psalm is remarkable for its frequent use of the Divine names. In almost every verse they recur, and their frequency gives us a vivid impression of earnestness, of consciousness of need, and of faith so sore pressed that it could only sustain itself by... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 86:1-17

Psalms 86:1-17THIS psalm is little more than a mosaic of quotations and familiar phrases of petition. But it is none the less individual, nor is the psalmist less heavily burdened, or less truly beseeching and trustful, because he casts his prayer into well-worn words. God does not give "originality" to every devout man; and He does not require it as a condition of accepted prayer. Humble souls, who find in more richly endowed men’s words the best expression of their own needs, may be... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 86:1-17

Psalms 86:0 A Prayer 1. The prayer of the poor and needy one (Psalms 86:1-9 ) 2. The praise of His Name (Psalms 86:10-17 ) This Psalm has for an inscription “A prayer of David.” We can hear in it the voice of the Son of David, our Lord, pleading in the place of humiliation, and also the pleadings of the remnant saints. The prophetic element enters in with Psalms 86:9 . “All nations whom Thou hast made shall come and worship before thee O Lord.” This will be the glorious result of His... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 86:3

86:3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I {c} cry unto thee daily.(c) Which was a fair token that he believed that God would deliver him. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 86:1-17

The first psalm in this lesson suggests Psalms 74:0 on which we did not dwell, but both of which depict the desolations of Judah by the Babylonians (compare Jeremiah 52:12-14 ). On this supposition their date would be that of the captivity, and their author a later Asaph than the Asaph mentioned in David’s time. Psalms 80:0 Has captivity features also. Some would say it relates to the ten tribes, as the preceding psalm does to Judah. The next several psalms are much alike in this respect and... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 86:3-7

Who, that recollects what is said of Christ in the days of his flesh, that he offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears, can fail to trace Jesus in these cries of the soul? Reader, do observe what expressions these verses contain. He calls himself Jehovah's servant; and speaks of the lifting up of his soul unto the Lord. All which correspond to the office of Christ, and the dependence which, during the whole of his ministry, he placed on the Father. Isaiah 42:1 ; Psalms... read more

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