Salmos 86

1 Inclina, oh SEÑOR, tu oído y respóndeme, porque estoy afligido y necesitado.

2 Guarda mi alma, pues soy piadoso; tú eres mi Dios; salva a tu siervo que en ti confía.

3 Ten piedad de mí, oh Señor, porque a ti clamo todo el día.

4 Alegra el alma de tu siervo, porque a ti, oh Señor, elevo mi alma.

5 Pues tú, Señor, eres bueno y perdonador, abundante en misericordia para con todos los que te invocan.

6 Escucha, oh SEÑOR, mi oración, y atiende a la voz de mis súplicas.

7 En el día de la angustia te invocaré, porque tú me responderás.

8 No hay nadie como tú entre los dioses, oh Señor, ni hay obras como las tuyas.

9 Todas las naciones que tú has hecho vendrán y adorarán delante de ti, Señor, y glorificarán tu nombre.

10 Porque tú eres grande y haces maravillas; sólo tú eres Dios.

11 Enséñame, oh SEÑOR, tu camino; andaré en tu verdad; unifica mi corazón para que tema tu nombre.

12 Te daré gracias, Señor mi Dios, con todo mi corazón, y glorificaré tu nombre para siempre.

13 Porque grande es tu misericordia para conmigo, y has librado mi alma de las profundidades del Seol.

14 Oh Dios, los arrogantes se han levantado contra mí, y una banda de violentos ha buscado mi vida, y no te han tenido en cuenta.

15 Mas tú, Señor, eres un Dios compasivo y lleno de piedad, lento para la ira y abundante en misericordia y verdad.

16 Vuélvete hacia mí, y tenme piedad; da tu poder a tu siervo, y salva al hijo de tu sierva.

17 Muéstrame una señal de bondad, para que la vean los que me aborrecen y se averguencen, porque tú, oh SEÑOR, me has ayudado y consolado.

Salmos 86 Commentary

Chapter 86

The psalmist pleads his earnestness, and the mercy of God, as reasons why his prayer should be heard. (1-7) He renews his requests for help and comfort. (8-17)

Verses 1-7 Our poverty and wretchedness, when felt, powerfully plead in our behalf at the throne of grace. The best self-preservation is to commit ourselves to God's keeping. I am one whom thou favourest, hast set apart for thyself, and made partaker of sanctifying grace. It is a great encouragement to prayer, to feel that we have received the converting grace of God, have learned to trust in him, and to be his servants. We may expect comfort from God, when we keep up our communion with God. God's goodness appears in two things, in giving and forgiving. Whatever others do, let us call upon God, and commit our case to him; we shall not seek in vain.

Verses 8-17 Our God alone possesses almighty power and infinite love. Christ is the way and the truth. And the believing soul will be more desirous to be taught the way and the truth. And the believing soul will be more desirous to be taught the way and the truth of God, in order to walk therein, than to be delivered out of earthly distress. Those who set not the Lord before them, seek after believers' souls; but the compassion, mercy, and truth of God, will be their refuge and consolation. And those whose parents were the servants of the Lord, may urge this as a plea why he should hear and help them. In considering David's experience, and that of the believer, we must not lose sight of Him, who though he was rich, for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 86

\\<>\\. The title is the same with the Seventeenth Psalm, and the subject of it is much alike: it was written by David, when in distress, and his life was sought after; very likely when he was persecuted by Saul, and fled from him; so Aben Ezra, Jarchi, and Kimchi: and as he was a type of Christ in his afflictions, as well as in his exalted state, it may not be unfitly applied to him, as it is by some interpreters. The Syriac inscription of it is, ``for David, when he built an house for the Lord; and a prophecy of the calling of the Gentiles; and moreover, a prayer of a peculiar righteous man.'' Theodoret thinks it predicts the siege of Jerusalem by the Assyrians, and Hezekiah's hope in God.