Psalm 86:14-15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 86:8-17

David is here going on in his prayer. I. He gives glory to God; for we ought in our prayers to praise him, ascribing kingdom, power, and glory, to him, with the most humble and reverent adorations. 1. As a being of unparalleled perfection, such a one that there is none like him nor any to be compared with him, Ps. 86:8. Among the gods, the false gods, whom the heathens worshipped, the angels, the kings of the earth, among them all, there is none like unto thee, O Lord! none so wise, so mighty,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 86:14

O God, the proud are risen against me ,.... As all men naturally are, and as all are without the grace of God; and because they are, they deal in proud wrath: as, through the pride of their heart, they seek not after God; so, through the same, they persecute his people, treating them with the utmost contempt, and as the offscouring of all things. Jarchi interprets this particularly of Doeg and Ahithophel: and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul ; or "terrible" F19 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 86:15

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion ,.... Or merciful F20 רחום "misericors", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, &c.; , in the most affectionate and tender manner, as a parent to its child, or particularly as a mother to the son of her womb; and is rich and plenteous in his mercy, and freely bestows it; and this was the support of the psalmist under his troubles from his enemies, that though they were cruel the Lord was merciful: and gracious ;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 86:14

The assemblies of violent men - עריצים עדת adath aritsim , the congregation of the terrible ones. Men of violent passions, violent counsels, and violent acts; and, because they have power, terrible to all. Have not set thee before them - Who sins that sets God before his eyes? Who does not sin that has no consciousness of the Divine presence? read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 86:15

But thou, O Lord - What a wonderful character of God is given in this verse! אדני Adonai , the Director, Judge, and Support; - but instead of אדני Adonai , thirty-four of Kennicott's MSS. have יהוה Jehovah , the self-existent and eternal Being; - אל El , the strong God; רחום rachum , tenderly compassionate; חנון channun , the Dispenser of grace or favor; אפים ארך erech appayim , suffering long, not easily provoked; חמד רב rab chesed , abundant in blessings;... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 86:14

Verse 14 14.O God! the proud are risen up against me. Instead of זדים , zedim, the proud, some read, זרים, zarim, strangers; and, undoubtedly, the Scriptures often employ this word to denote barbarous cruelty, so that it is the same as if it had been said, the cruel. I, however, prefer following the generally received reading. As between the Hebrew word זדים, zedim, the proud, and זרים, zarim, strangers, there is only the difference of a single letter, the one having the letter ד, daleth, where... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 86:15

Verse 15 15.And thou, O Lord! art God, merciful, ready to forgive. By immediately passing on to the celebration of these divine attributes, he would intimate, that we have adequate strength and protection against the audacity and rage of the wicked, in the divine goodness, mercy, and faithfulness. Perhaps, also, from his feeling that the wicked were scourges in the hand of God, he set before himself the divine goodness and mercy, to allay the excess of terror with which he might be seized; for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 86:1-17

Metrically, it seems to divide itself, like Psalms 85:1-13 ; into three strophes, two shorter, and one longer, the former being of five verses each, and the latter of seven. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 86:11-17

The third strophe is almost equally divided between prayer and praise, Psalms 86:11 , Psalms 86:16 , and Psalms 86:17 being devoted to the one; and Psalms 86:12 , Psalms 86:13 , and Psalms 86:15 to the other. Psalms 86:14 is of the nature of a complaint. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 86:14

O God, the proud are risen against me (comp. Psalms 119:51 , Psalms 119:69 , Psalms 119:85 , Psalms 119:122 ; and also Psalms 54:3 ). And the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; rather, a crew of violent ones have sought after my soul, or "plotted against my life" (comp. Psalms 7:1 , Psalms 7:2 ; Psalms 17:13 ; Psalms 35:3 , Psalms 35:4 , etc.). And have not set thee before them; i.e. "have given no thought to God, or how he would act, whether... read more

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