Psalms 86:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. ”

Psalms 86:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For thou, Lord, art good ... - This is another reason why God should hear his prayer; and it is a reason which may be properly urged at all times, and by all classes of persons. It is founded on...
Psalms 86:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For thou, Lord, [art] good, and (d) ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. (d) He confesses that God is good to all but only merciful to poor sinners.
Psalms 86:5 - 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 86:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

plenteous. Compare Exodus 34:6 . mercy . lovingkindness, or grace.
Psalms 86:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5 For thou, O Lord! art good and propitious. (483) We have here a confirmation of the whole preceding doctrine, derived from the nature of God. It would avail the afflicted nothing to have...
Psalms 86:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 644 A PRAYING SPIRIT EXEMPLIFIED Psalms 86:1-5 . 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 tru...
Psalms 86:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. For thou, Lord, art good - I found my expectations of help on thy own goodness through whic...
Psalms 86:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive. God's forgiving character is one mani...
Psalms 86:5 - 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 86:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For thou. — Up to this time the psalmist has only put forward his needs in various aspects as a plea for God’s compassion. Now, not without art, he clenches his petition by an appeal to the nature...
Psalms 86:5 - 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 86:5 - 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 86:5 - 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 86:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Who, that recollects what is said of Christ in the days of his flesh, that he offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears, can fail to trace Jesus in these cries of the soul? R...
Psalms 86:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For thou, Lord, art good ,.... Essentially and independently good, from whom every good and perfect gift comes; good in himself, and good to others; good to all, in a providential way; and good to h...
Psalms 86:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. Ver. 5. For thou, Lord, art good, &c. ] Lord, I am hell, but thou art heaven, said t...
Psalms 86:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Rejoice the soul of thy servant It is God only that can put gladness into the heart, and make the soul rejoice; and it is the privilege of his servants to have joy , as well as peace, in believin...
Psalms 86:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Humble Petitions. A Prayer of David. 1 Bow down thine ear, O L ORD , hear me: for I am poor and needy. 2 Preserv...
Psalms 86:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Herewith he relieveth himself under the sense of his guilt, whereby he had brought his present calamities upon himself. Them that call upon thee, to wit, in truth, as it is explained Psalms 145:1...
Psalms 86:5 - 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 86:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 86:1-5 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...
Psalms 86:5 - 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 86:5 - 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 86:5 - 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 86:5 - 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 86:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 4:8 ; 1 John 4:9 ; Acts 2:21 ; Daniel 9:9 ; Ephesians 1:6-8 ; Ephesians 2:4 ; Exodus 34:6 ; Ezekiel 36:33 ; Ezekiel 36:37 ; Isaiah 55:7 ; Jeremiah 33:3 ; Joel 2:13 ; John 4:10 ;...

Psalms 86:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 86:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 86:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 86:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 86:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 86:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 86:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 86:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 86:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 86:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 86:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 86:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 86:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 86:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 86:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 86:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 86:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 86:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 86:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 86:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 86:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 86:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 86:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 86:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 86:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 86:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge