Psalms 86:7-17

7 In ¹the day of my trouble I shall call upon You, For ²You will answer me.

8 There is ³no one like You among the gods, O Lord, Nor are there any works ⁴like Yours.

9 ⁵All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, And they shall glorify Your name.

10 For You are ⁶great and ⁷do wondrous deeds; You alone ⁸are God.

11 ⁹Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; ¹⁰Unite my heart to fear Your name.

12 I will ¹¹give 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 ¹²delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

14 O God, arrogant men have ¹³risen 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 ¹⁴merciful and gracious, Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

16 ¹⁵Turn to me, and be gracious to me; Oh ¹⁶grant Your strength to Your servant, And save the ¹⁷son of Your handmaid.

17 ¹⁸Show me a sign for good, That those who hate me may ¹⁹see it and be ashamed, Because You, O LORD, ²⁰have helped me and comforted me.

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Psalms 86:7-17 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 20

1. Psalms 50:15; Psalms 77:2
2. Psalms 17:6
3. Exodus 15:11; 2 Samuel 7:22; 1 Kings 8:23; Psalms 89:6; Jeremiah 10:6
4. Deuteronomy 3:24
5. Psalms 22:27; Psalms 66:4; Isaiah 66:23; Revelation 15:4
6. Psalms 77:13
7. Exodus 15:11; Psalms 72:18; Psalms 77:14; Psalms 136:4
8. Deuteronomy 6:4; Deuteronomy 32:39; Psalms 83:18; Isaiah 37:16; Isaiah 44:6, 8; Mark 12:29; 1 Corinthians 8:4
9. Psalms 25:5
10. Jeremiah 32:39
11. Psalms 111:1
12. Psalms 30:3
13. Psalms 54:3
14. Psalms 86:5
15. Psalms 25:16
16. Psalms 68:35
17. Psalms 116:16
18. Judges 6:17; Psalms 119:122
19. Psalms 112:10
20. Psalms 118:13

Footnotes 6

[a]. Or "miracles"
[b]. Lit "lowest Sheol"
[c]. I.e. the nether world
[d]. Or "an assembly"
[e]. Lit "soul"
[f]. Or "faithfulness"