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PSALM LXXXVI
_The psalmist prays to God for support, from a conviction that_
_he is merciful, good, ready to forgive, and that there is none_
_like him_, 1-8;
_all nations shall bow before him bec...
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BOW DOWN THINE EAR, O LORD, HEAR ME - See the notes at Psalms 5:1.
FOR I AM POOR AND NEEDY - This is the reason here assigned why God
should hear him. It is not a plea of merit. It is not that there w...
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Psalms 86
A Prayer
_ 1. The prayer of the poor and needy one (Psalms 86:1)_
2. The praise of His Name (Psalms 86:10)
This Psalm has for an inscription “A prayer of David.” We can hear
in it the vo...
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LXXXVI. THE PRAYER OF A GODLY MAN IN AFFLICTION. This Ps. is little
more than a cento from the rest of the Psalter.
PSALMS 86:1. The Psalmist prays for succour, pleading God's mercy and
his own piet...
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TITLE.. PRAYER. An Intercession, or Hymn. Compare Psalms 72:20,
referring to the whole of Book II. Hebrew. _Tephillah._ See App-63.
OF DAVID. The only Psalm in this third book ascribed to David. Refe...
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A series of petitions, each supported by the ground on which the
Psalmist pleads for a hearing....
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_Bow down_&c. A common form of invocation. Cp. Psalms 17:6; Psalms
31:1; Isaiah 37:17; &c. _hear me_ Answer me (Psalms 55:2).
for I am
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DISCOURSE: 644
A PRAYING SPIRIT EXEMPLIFIED
Psalms 86:1. Bow down thine ear, O Lord! hear me; for I am poor and
needy. Preserve my soul; for I am holy O thou my God, save thy servant
that trusteth in...
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_David strengtheneth his prayer by the conscience of his religion, by
the goodness and power of God: he desireth the continuance of former
grace: complaining of the proud, he craveth some token of God...
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PSALMS 86
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Prayer of a Tried and Faithful Servant of Jehovah.
ANALYSIS
The Psalmist prays to be Heard and Answered and for his Life to be
Preserved because of his Need (Psalms 86:1...
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HEAR] RV 'answer.' POOR AND NEEDY] see Psalms 40:17; Psalms 70:5....
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This is a Psalm of general supplication for help in trouble, and
breathes a devout spirit of gratitude and confidence towards God.
Specially remarkable is the hope of Psalms 86:9 that God will be
univ...
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Psalms 73:89
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
BITS AND PIECES
PSALMS 86
They said to Jesus, "Teach us to pray". He said, "Ask and you will
receive. Look and you will find. Knock and it will open to you". (Fro...
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תְּפִלָּ֗ה לְ דָ֫וִ֥ד הַטֵּֽה
־יְהוָ֣ה אָזְנְךָ֣...
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Psalms 86:1
THIS psalm is little more than a mosaic of quotations and familiar
phrases of petition. But it is none the less individual, nor is the
psalmist less heavily burdened, or less truly beseech...
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A PRAYER TO THE GOD OF MERCY
Psalms 86:1
This psalm is largely composed of quotations. When the soul is in
great need, it is not concerned with inventing new forms of address to
God, but avails itsel...
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This psalm is peculiar in many ways. Its first peculiarity is that the
name of God which dominates is Adonahy, or Lord, which indicates
absolute Lordship, and by the use of which the singer shows his...
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"A Prayer of David." Bow down (a) thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I
[am] poor and needy.
(a) David, when persecuted by Saul, prayed this way, leaving the same
to the Church as a monument, how to seek...
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Mountains. So far the Jews extend the title, supposing that the
subject of this canticle was concerning Sion, Moria, &c. Others think
that, thereof, refers to a part of the psalm which has been lost,...
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CONTENTS
The royal Prophet is at his devotions; and in beholding David, surely
we must not overlook him, of whom David was so eminent a type. We find
strong faith joined with earnest prayer in the op...
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I pause at the close of these verses, though thereby a chasm is made
in the prayer, to call the Reader's attention to what this petitioner
said in it, where the great argument made use of is, that he...
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1._Incline thy ear, O Jehovah! _Neither the inscription nor the
contents of this psalm enable us to conclude with certainty what
dangers David here complains of; but the psalm in all probability
refer...
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Psalms 86. This psalm is the meek yet confiding and confident appeal
of a soul conscious of its godly feelings towards Jehovah and looking
to the results of relationship with Him. We have had Jehovah...
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BOW DOWN THINE EAR, O LORD, HEAR ME,.... This is spoken of God after
the manner of men, who, when they listen and attentively hearken to
what is said to them, stoop and bow the head, and incline the e...
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Psalms 86:1 «A Prayer of David. » Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear
me: for I [am] poor and needy.
_A prayer_] Left for a form, for a help to devotion, as was also Psa
102:1 title.
Ver. 1. _Bow down...
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_Bow down thine ear, O Lord_ When God hears our prayers he is fifty
said to _bow down his ear_ to them, for it is great condescension in
him even to take notice of such mean creatures as we are, and m...
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DAVID'S PRAYER IN THE MIDST OF PERSECUTION.
A prayer of David, the only hymn by the great king and prophet which
was included by the collectors in this book of the psalter. We find
here the same term...
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Bow down Thine ear, in the attitude of the very closest attention, O
LORD, HEAR ME; FOR I AM POOR AND NEEDY. Cf Psalms 40:17....
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1-7 Our poverty and wretchedness, when felt, powerfully plead in our
behalf at the throne of grace. The best self-preservation is to commit
ourselves to God's keeping. I am one whom thou favourest, h...
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PSALM 86 When he was in some deep distress, either from Saul, or by
Absalom, or upon some other occasion. David strengtheneth himself in
prayer by the truth of his religion, PSALMS 86:1, and by God's...
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Psalms 86:1 Prayer H8605 David H1732 down H5186 (H8685) ear H241 LORD
H3068 hear H6030 (H8798) poor...
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Psalms 86:1
The fulness and variety of these petitions deserve careful
consideration.
Notice:
I. The invocations. Five times in these verses of the text does the
Psalmist invoke God, and that by thr...
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CONTENTS: The malice of enemies deplored. God's goodness pleaded in
prayer for mercy.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: The best self preservation is to commit ourselves to God's
keeping and by fa...
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Title. _A prayer of David._ All antiquity, and all the versions,
support this title.
Psalms 86:2. _I am holy,_ I have not done any wrong to Saul, nor to
Absalom, nor indeed to any of the families whi...
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_Bow down Thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy._
MAN AND THE GREAT GOD
I. Man in a variety of aspects.
1. What every man is. “Poor and needy.” Morally this is the case
with every man...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 86:1. This is an individual lament in a
situation in which “a band of insolent men seek my life” (v.
Psalms 86:14). The psalm confesses tha
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_.—“_A Prayer of David_.” Although this Psalm is
not placed with the great body of David’s Psalms (1–70), there is
no sufficient ground for disputing his authorship of it....
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EXPOSITION
THIS is the prayer of an afflicted and humble soul in a time of
persecution (Psalms 86:14), intermixed with outbursts of praise
(Psalms 86:5, Psalms 86:8,...
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Psa 86:1-17 we have another psalm of David. David said,
Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. Preserve
my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that is
trusting...
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Daniel 9:18; Isaiah 37:17; Isaiah 66:2; James 1:10; James 1:9;...