“ In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. ”
In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee - That is, I do it now; I have done it; I will do it. The language implies a habit, or a steady purpose of mind, that in all times of trouble he wou...
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...
In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. Thou wilt answer me - Because thou art good, merciful, and ready to forgive; and I call upon thee fervently, and seek thee in...
Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. -From speaking of God's willingness, the Psalmist passes to God's omnipotent power to help. Verse 6. Attend to...
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 86:1-17 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...
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...
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...
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...
In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee ,.... David had his troubles, both inward and outward, before and after he came to the throne, in private and public life; and every good man has his t...
In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. Ver. 7. In the day of my trouble, &c. ] God's petitioners must pray and believe, and believe and pray, quasi in circul...
Give ear, O Lord , &c. He repeats and multiplies his requests, both to ease his own troubled mind, and prevail with God, who is well pleased with his people's importunity in prayer, Luke 18:1 ,...
Humble Petitions. A Prayer of David. 1 Bow down thine ear, O L ORD , hear me: for I am poor and needy. 2 Preserv...
Whereof I have assurance both from the benignity of thy nature, and from the truth and certainty of thy promises, and from my own and others experiences in former times.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hebrews 5:7 ; Isaiah 26:16 ; Jonah 2:2 ; Lamentations 3:55-57 ; Luke 22:44 ; Psalms 142:1 ; Psalms 142:3 ; Psalms 18:6 ; Psalms 34:4-6 ; Psalms 50:15 ; Psalms 55:16-18 ; Psalms 77:1 ; Ps...