Psalms 86:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works. ”

Psalms 86:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord - Among all those which are worshipped as gods there is no one that can hear and save. The psalmist, in respect to prayer, and to help to be ob...
Psalms 86:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Among the gods [there is] none like unto thee, O Lord; neither (f) [are there any works] like unto thy works. (f) He condemns all idols as they can do nothing to declare that they are gods.
Psalms 86:8 - 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 86:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

gods. Hebrew. 'elohim = judges. See note on Exodus 21:6 ; Exodus 22:8 ; Exodus 22:9 .
Psalms 86:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord! Here the Psalmist may be considered either as bursting forth into thanksgivings, after having obtained what he desired, or else as gath...
Psalms 86:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works. Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord - None that trusted in an idol ever had h...
Psalms 86:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 86:8 - 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 86:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For the sources of this verse see marginal reference and Exodus 15:11 . After expressing his conviction of God’s willingness to hear prayer, the psalmist goes on to his confidence in Divine power...
Psalms 86:8 - 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 86:8 - 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 86:8 - 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 86:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is a sweet reference to the covenant of redemption in and by Christ; and I would fain persuade myself that Christ had an eye to it in what is here said. God the Father promised to give his Son t...
Psalms 86:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord ,.... Among the angels of heaven, as the Targum, in the king's Bible; see Matthew 24:36 , and who are sometimes called gods, and among whom ther...
Psalms 86:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Among the gods [there is] none like unto thee, O Lord; neither [are there any works] like unto thy works. Ver. 8. Among the gods ] Whether deputed or reputed. There is none like unto thee ] Eit...
Psalms 86:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Among the gods The false gods, whom the heathen worship; there is none like unto thee None so wise, so mighty, so good; none so able and willing to hear and answer prayer. I am not now calling on...
Psalms 86:8 - 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 86:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

There is none like unto thee, either for power or readiness to hear and answer prayers. I am not now calling upon a deaf and impotent idol, for then I might cry my heart out, and all in vain, as th...
Psalms 86:8 - 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 86:8 - 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 86:8 - 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 86:8 - 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 86:8 - 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 86:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 3:29 ; Deuteronomy 3:24 ; Deuteronomy 4:34 ; Exodus 15:11 ; Isaiah 40:18 ; Isaiah 40:25 ; Jeremiah 10:16 ; Jeremiah 10:6 ; Jeremiah 10:7 ; Psalms 136:4 ; Psalms 89:6 ; Psalms 89:8...

Psalms 86:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 86:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 86:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 86:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 86:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 86:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 86:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 86:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 86:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 86:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 86:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 86:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 86:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 86:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 86:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 86:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 86:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 86:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 86:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 86:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 86:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 86:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 86:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 86:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge