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Psalms 86:12-17

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12 I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever.
13 1For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have 2delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
14 O God, insolent men have 3risen up against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, and they do not set you before them.
15 But you, O Lord, are a God 4merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
16 5Turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength to 6your servant, and save 7the son of your maidservant.
17 8Show me a sign of your 9favor, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame because you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
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Psalms 86:12-17 Meaning and Commentary

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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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Cross References 9

  • 1. [ver. 5]
  • 2. Psalms 30:3; [Psalms 88:6; Ezekiel 26:20]
  • 3. Psalms 54:3
  • 4. ver. 5; Psalms 111:4; Psalms 112:4; Numbers 14:18; Nehemiah 9:17; Jonah 4:2; See Psalms 62:12
  • 5. See Psalms 25:16
  • 6. See Psalms 116:16
  • 7. See Psalms 116:16
  • 8. [Judges 6:17]
  • 9. Nehemiah 5:19; Nehemiah 13:31
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