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Selected Verse: Psalms 86:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 86:1 |
Strong Concordance |
A Prayer [08605] of David [01732]. Bow down [05186] thine ear [0241], O LORD [03068], hear [06030] me: for I am poor [06041] and needy [034]. |
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King James |
A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
This is a prayer in which the writer, with deep emotion, mingles petitions and praises, now urgent for help, and now elated with hope, in view of former mercies. The occurrence of many terms and phrases peculiar to David's Psalms clearly intimates its authorship. (Psa. 86:1-17)
poor and needy--a suffering child of God, as in Psa 10:12, Psa 10:17; Psa 18:27.
I am holy--or, "godly," as in Psa 4:3; Psa 85:8. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me - See the notes at Psa 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 was any claim on God in the fact that he was a poor and needy man - a sinner helpless and dependent, or that it would be any injustice if God should not hear, for a sinner has no claim to favor; but it is that this was a condition in which the aid of God was needed, and in which it was proper or appropriate for God to hear prayer, and to render help. We may always make our helplessness, our weakness, our poverty, our need, a ground of appeal to God; not as a claim of justice, but as a case in which he will glorify himself by a gracious interposition. It is also to be remarked that it is a matter of unspeakable thankfulness that the "poor and needy" may call upon God; that they will be as welcome as any class of people; that there is no condition of poverty and want so low that we are debarred from the privilege of approaching One who has infinite resources, and who is as willing to help as he is able. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The prayer to be heard runs like Psa 55:3; and the statement of the ground on which it is based, Psa 86:1, word for word like Ps 40:18. It is then particularly expressed as a prayer for preservation (שׁמרה, as in Psa 119:167, although imperative, to be read shāmerah; cf. Psa 30:4 מיּרדי, Psa 38:21 רדפי or רדפי, and what we have already observed on Psa 16:1 שׁמרני); for he is not only in need of God's help, but also because חסיד (Psa 4:4; Psa 16:10), i.e., united to Him in the bond of affection (חסד, Hos 6:4; Jer 2:2), not unworthy of it. In Psa 86:2 we hear the strains of Psa 25:20; Psa 31:7; in Psa 86:3, of Psa 57:2.: the confirmation in Psa 86:4 is taken verbally from Psa 25:1, cf. also Psa 130:6. Here, what is said in Psa 86:4 of this shorter Adonajic Psalm, Psa 130:1-8, is abbreviated in the ἅπαξ γεγραμ. סלּח (root סל, של, to allow to hang loose, χαλᾶν, to give up, remittere). The Lord is good (טּוב), i.e., altogether love, and for this very reason also ready to forgive, and great and rich in mercy for all who call upon Him as such. The beginning of the following group also accords with Psa 130:1-8 in Psa 86:2. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Bow down thine ear - Spoken after the manner of men: I am so low, and so weak, that, unless thou stoop to me, my voice cannot reach thee.
Poor and needy - I am afflicted, and destitute of the necessaries of life. |
8 I will hear [08085] what God [0410] the LORD [03068] will speak [01696]: for he will speak [01696] peace [07965] unto his people [05971], and to his saints [02623]: but let them not turn again [07725] to folly [03690].
3 But know [03045] that the LORD [03068] hath set apart [06395] him that is godly [02623] for himself: the LORD [03068] will hear [08085] when I call [07121] unto him.
27 For thou wilt save [03467] the afflicted [06041] people [05971]; but wilt bring down [08213] high [07311] looks [05869].
17 LORD [03068], thou hast heard [08085] the desire [08378] of the humble [06035]: thou wilt prepare [03559] their heart [03820], thou wilt cause thine ear [0241] to hear [07181]:
12 Arise [06965], O LORD [03068]; O God [0410], lift up [05375] thine hand [03027]: forget [07911] not the humble [06035] [06041].
1 To the chief Musician [05329] upon Nehiloth [05155], A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. Give ear [0238] to my words [0561], O LORD [03068], consider [0995] my meditation [01901].
2 Preserve [08104] my soul [05315]; for I am holy [02623]: O thou my God [0430], save [03467] thy servant [05650] that trusteth [0982] in thee.
1 A Song [07892] of degrees [04609]. Out of the depths [04615] have I cried [07121] unto thee, O LORD [03068].
2 Lord [0136], hear [08085] my voice [06963]: let thine ears [0241] be attentive [07183] to the voice [06963] of my supplications [08469].
3 If thou, LORD [03050], shouldest mark [08104] iniquities [05771], O Lord [0136], who shall stand [05975]?
4 But there is forgiveness [05547] with thee, that thou mayest be feared [03372].
5 I wait [06960] for the LORD [03068], my soul [05315] doth wait [06960], and in his word [01697] do I hope [03176].
6 My soul [05315] waiteth for the Lord [0136] more than they that watch [08104] for the morning [01242]: I say, more than they that watch [08104] for the morning [01242].
7 Let Israel [03478] hope [03176] in the LORD [03068]: for with the LORD [03068] there is mercy [02617], and with him is plenteous [07235] redemption [06304].
8 And he shall redeem [06299] Israel [03478] from all his iniquities [05771].
1 A Song [07892] of degrees [04609]. Out of the depths [04615] have I cried [07121] unto thee, O LORD [03068].
2 Lord [0136], hear [08085] my voice [06963]: let thine ears [0241] be attentive [07183] to the voice [06963] of my supplications [08469].
3 If thou, LORD [03050], shouldest mark [08104] iniquities [05771], O Lord [0136], who shall stand [05975]?
4 But there is forgiveness [05547] with thee, that thou mayest be feared [03372].
5 I wait [06960] for the LORD [03068], my soul [05315] doth wait [06960], and in his word [01697] do I hope [03176].
6 My soul [05315] waiteth for the Lord [0136] more than they that watch [08104] for the morning [01242]: I say, more than they that watch [08104] for the morning [01242].
7 Let Israel [03478] hope [03176] in the LORD [03068]: for with the LORD [03068] there is mercy [02617], and with him is plenteous [07235] redemption [06304].
8 And he shall redeem [06299] Israel [03478] from all his iniquities [05771].
4 Rejoice [08055] the soul [05315] of thy servant [05650]: for unto thee, O Lord [0136], do I lift up [05375] my soul [05315].
6 My soul [05315] waiteth for the Lord [0136] more than they that watch [08104] for the morning [01242]: I say, more than they that watch [08104] for the morning [01242].
1 A Psalm of David [01732]. Unto thee, O LORD [03068], do I lift up [05375] my soul [05315].
4 Rejoice [08055] the soul [05315] of thy servant [05650]: for unto thee, O Lord [0136], do I lift up [05375] my soul [05315].
2 I will cry [07121] unto God [0430] most high [05945]; unto God [0410] that performeth [01584] all things for me.
3 Be merciful [02603] unto me, O Lord [0136]: for I cry [07121] unto thee daily [03117].
7 I will be glad [01523] and rejoice [08055] in thy mercy [02617]: for thou hast considered [07200] my trouble [06040]; thou hast known [03045] my soul [05315] in adversities [06869];
20 O keep [08104] my soul [05315], and deliver [05337] me: let me not be ashamed [0954]; for I put my trust [02620] in thee.
2 Preserve [08104] my soul [05315]; for I am holy [02623]: O thou my God [0430], save [03467] thy servant [05650] that trusteth [0982] in thee.
2 Go [01980] and cry [07121] in the ears [0241] of Jerusalem [03389], saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; I remember [02142] thee, the kindness [02617] of thy youth [05271], the love [0160] of thine espousals [03623], when thou wentest [03212] after [0310] me in the wilderness [04057], in a land [0776] that was not sown [02232].
4 O Ephraim [0669], what shall I do [06213] unto thee? O Judah [03063], what shall I do [06213] unto thee? for your goodness [02617] is as a morning [01242] cloud [06051], and as the early [07925] dew [02919] it goeth away [01980].
10 For thou wilt not leave [05800] my soul [05315] in hell [07585]; neither wilt thou suffer [05414] thine Holy One [02623] to see [07200] corruption [07845].
4 Stand in awe [07264], and sin [02398] not: commune [0559] with your own heart [03824] upon your bed [04904], and be still [01826]. Selah [05542].
1 Michtam [04387] of David [01732]. Preserve [08104] me, O God [0410]: for in thee do I put my trust [02620].
21 Forsake [05800] me not, O LORD [03068]: O my God [0430], be not far [07368] from me.
4 Sing [02167] unto the LORD [03068], O ye saints [02623] of his, and give thanks [03034] at the remembrance [02143] of his holiness [06944].
167 My soul [05315] hath kept [08104] thy testimonies [05713]; and I love [0157] them exceedingly [03966].
1 A Prayer [08605] of David [01732]. Bow down [05186] thine ear [0241], O LORD [03068], hear [06030] me: for I am poor [06041] and needy [034].
3 Because of the voice [06963] of the enemy [0341], because [06440] of the oppression [06125] of the wicked [07563]: for they cast [04131] iniquity [0205] upon me, and in wrath [0639] they hate [07852] me.