Psalms 86:9-17

9 All the nations that you have created ¹ will come and bow down to you; they will praise your greatness.

10 You are mighty and do wonderful things; you alone are God.

11 Teach me, Lord, what you want me to do, and I will obey you faithfully; teach me to serve you with complete devotion.

12 I will praise you with all my heart, O Lord my God; I will proclaim your greatness forever.

13 How great is your constant love for me! You have saved me from the grave itself.

14 Proud people are coming against me, O God; a cruel gang is trying to kill me - people who pay no attention to you.

15 But you, O Lord, are a merciful and loving God, always patient, always kind and faithful.

16 Turn to me and have mercy on me; strengthen me and save me, because I serve you just as my mother did.

17 Show me proof of your goodness, Lord; those who hate me will be ashamed when they see that you have given me comfort and help.

Psalms 86:9-17 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.

Cross References

• 1. 86.9Revelation 15.4.