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Psalm 86:12-17

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12 I will 1give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And will glorify Your name forever.
13 For Your lovingkindness toward me is great, And You have 2delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
14 O God, arrogant men have 3risen up against me, And a band of violent men have sought my life, And they have not set You before them.
15 But You, O Lord, are a God 4merciful and gracious, Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
16 5Turn to me, and be gracious to me; Oh 6grant Your strength to Your servant, And save the 7son of Your handmaid.
17 8Show me a sign for good, That those who hate me may 9see it and be ashamed, Because You, O LORD, 10have helped me and comforted me.
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Psalm 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 10

  • 1. Psalms 111:1
  • 2. Psalms 30:3
  • 3. Psalms 54:3
  • 4. Psalms 86:5
  • 5. Psalms 25:16
  • 6. Psalms 68:35
  • 7. Psalms 116:16
  • 8. Judges 6:17; Psalms 119:122
  • 9. Psalms 112:10
  • 10. Psalms 118:13

Footnotes 5

  • [a] Lit "lowest Sheol"
  • [b] I.e. the nether world
  • [c] Or "an assembly"
  • [d] Lit "soul"
  • [e] Or "faithfulness"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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