Psaume 86:1-7

1 Prière de David. Eternel, prête l'oreille, exauce-moi! Car je suis malheureux et indigent.

2 Garde mon âme, car je suis pieux! Mon Dieu, sauve ton serviteur qui se confie en toi!

3 Aie pitié de moi, Seigneur! Car je crie à toi tout le jour.

4 Réjouis l'âme de ton serviteur, Car à toi, Seigneur, j'élève mon âme.

5 Car tu es bon, Seigneur, tu pardonnes, Tu es plein d'amour pour tous ceux qui t'invoquent.

6 Eternel, prête l'oreille à ma prière, Sois attentif à la voix de mes supplications!

7 Je t'invoque au jour de ma détresse, Car tu m'exauces.

Psaume 86:1-7 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.