Psalms 86:1-17

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 piety. For piety, see Psalms 4:3.

Psalms 86:8. The incomparable greatness of God, which all nations will in the end acknowledge.

Psalms 86:11. Prayer for Divine guidance and for a token that God is on his side, not on that of his more prosperous foes.

Psalms 86:11. to fear: read, to them that fear. The LXX reads, let my heart rejoice to fear thy name.