Psalms 86:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. ”

Psalms 86:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion ... - See the notes at Psalms 86:5 . The words rendered “long-suffering” mean that there was and would be delay in his anger; that it was not soon...
Psalms 86:15 - 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 86:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

GOD. Hebrew El. App-4. full of compassion, &c. Compare Exodus 34:6 .
Psalms 86:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. And thou, O Lord! art God, merciful, ready to forgive. By immediately passing on to the celebration of these divine attributes, he would intimate, that we have adequate strength and prot...
Psalms 86:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. But thou, O Lord - What a wonderful character of God is given in this verse! אדני Adon...
Psalms 86:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long-suffering,...
Psalms 86:15 - 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 86:15 - 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 86:15 - 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 86:15 - 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 86:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Though the expressions be here somewhat varied from those in the fifth verse, yet the meaning is the same. And we find the blessed portion to which they refer, Exodus 34:6 , and it is repeatedly use...
Psalms 86:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion ,.... Or merciful t, in the most affectionate and tender manner, as a parent to its child, or particularly as a mother to the son of her womb; and is r...
Psalms 86:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. Ver. 15. But thou, O Lord, art a God full, &c. ] These are part of those thir...
Psalms 86:15 - 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 86:15 - 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 86:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To wit, to thy people, and to me in particular; and therefore thou wilt forget and forgive my manifold sins, for which thou mightest justly reject me, and make me to know thy breach of promise; and t...
Psalms 86:15 - 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 86:15 - 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 86:15 - 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 86:15 - 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 86:15 - 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 86:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 1:7 ; Ephesians 2:4-7 ; Exodus 31:6 ; Exodus 31:7 ; Joel 2:13 ; John 1:17 ; Micah 7:18 ; Nehemiah 9:17 ; Numbers 14:18 ; Psalms 103:8 ; Psalms 111:4 ; Psalms 130:4 ; Psalms 130...

Psalms 86:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 86:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 86:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 86:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 86:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 86:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 86:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 86:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 86:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 86:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 86:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 86:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 86:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 86:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 86:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 86:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 86:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 86:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 86:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 86:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 86:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 86:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge