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Book of Psalms


Psalm 86

A Prayer of David.

King James Version

1 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
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 are there any works like unto thy works.
9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to 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 toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
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 God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.1

References and notes
1. King James Authorized Version
2. John Gill's Exposition of the Bible - http:// eword. gospelcom .net/ comments/ psalm/ gill/ psalm86.htm
3. Spurgeon' Treasury of David - http:// eword. gospelcom .net/ comments/ psalm/ spurgeon/ psalm86.htm
4. Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary - Vol.3 pgs. 831

TITLE

A Prayer of David. 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. 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."2

 

A PRAYER OF DAVID

We have here one of the five psalms entitled Tephillahs or prayers. This psalm consists of praise as well as prayer, but it is in all parts so directly addressed to God that it is most fitly called "a prayer." A prayer is none the less but all the more a prayer because veins of praise run through it. This psalm would seem to have been specially known as David's prayer; even as the ninetieth is "the prayer of Moses." In many respects it resembles Ps 17:1-15, which bears the same title, but in other aspects it is very different.3



SYNOPSIS OF PSALM 86

Psalm 86 is a psalm of great beauty and sweetness, pervaded with a spirit of tender piety. It has no clear line of thought progression, but consists rather of an interrelated succession of outbursts of petition, praise, and gratitude. Its character suggests such varying moods as supplication, penitence, confession of faith, and praise. The psalm is especially noteworthy in giving reasons for prayer and for the surety of the answer to prayers.4



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