Psalms 86:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violentd men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them. ”

Psalms 86:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O God, the proud are risen against me - People who are self-confident, ambitious, haughty; who do not regard the welfare or the rights of others; who are disposed to trample down all others in or...
Psalms 86:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent [men] have (k) sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them. (k) He shows that there can be no moderation or equity wh...
Psalms 86:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXXVI. The Prayer of a Godly Man in Affliction. This Ps. is little more than a cento from the rest of the Psalter. Psalms 86:1-10 . The Psalmist prays for succour, pleading God's mercy and hi...
Psalms 86:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. O God! the proud are risen up against me. Instead of זדים , zedim, the proud, some read, זרים, zarim, strangers; and, undoubtedly, the Scriptures often employ this word to denote...
Psalms 86:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. The assemblies of violent men - עדת עריצים adath aritsim, the...
Psalms 86:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblie...
Psalms 86:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 u...
Psalms 86:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

See Note, Psalms 54:3 , whence the verse is taken.
Psalms 86:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 86:1-17 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...
Psalms 86:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Prayer to the God of Mercy Psalms 86:1-17 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 ava...
Psalms 86:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 86:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The apostles, in their prayer, point to these exercises of the blessed Jesus, Acts 4:27 ; and Jesus himself expresseth the same, Psalms 22:16 .
Psalms 86:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

O God, the proud are risen against me ,.... As all men naturally are, and as all are without the grace of God; and because they are, they deal in proud wrath: as, through the pride of their heart, t...
Psalms 86:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 14. O God, the proud ] The strangers, some read it (...
Psalms 86:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O God, the proud are risen against me Behold, O God, a new opportunity to glorify that mercy, for ambitious men have risen up against me in open rebellion, and have not only plotted against me, but...
Psalms 86:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Petitions and Praises; Prayer for Mercy and Grace. 8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither ar...
Psalms 86:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They have no reverence nor regard for thee, neither for thy word, which hath conferred the kingdom upon me; nor for thine all-seeing eye, which beholds all their wicked devices and practices against...
Psalms 86:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Psalms 86:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 86:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 ever...
Psalms 86:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 86:8-19 , Psalms 86:15 ) a...
Psalms 86:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 t...
Psalms 86:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 15:1-12 ; 2 Samuel 16:20-23 ; 2 Samuel 17:1 ; 2 Samuel 17:14 ; Acts 4:27 ; Acts 4:28 ; Ezekiel 8:12 ; Ezekiel 9:9 ; Matthew 26:3 ; Matthew 26:4 ; Matthew 27:1 ; Matthew 27:2 ; P...

Psalms 86:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 86:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 86:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 86:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 86:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 86:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 86:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 86:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 86:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 86:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 86:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 86:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 86:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 86:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 86:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 86:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 86:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 86:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 86:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 86:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 86:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 86:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 86:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge