Psalms 86:7-17

7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee, for thou wilt answer me.

8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord, neither is there any other who does thy works.

9 All the Gentiles whom thou hast made shall come and humble themselves before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

10 For thou art great and doest wondrous things; thou alone art God.

11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth; firm up my heart that I might fear thy name.

12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

13 For great is thy mercy upon me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest part of Sheol.

14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul and have not set thee before them.

15 But thou, O Lord, art a merciful and gracious God, longsuffering and plenteous in mercy and truth.

16 O look into me and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy slave and keep the son of thine handmaid.

17 Show me a token for good that those who hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou, O LORD, hast helped me and comforted me.

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.