Psalms 86:16

Servant... son of thine handmaid. — Comp. Psalms 116:16. The combined expressions imply a homeborn slave. (Comp. Genesis 14:14; Jeremiah 2:14)

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me - Look upon me; as if God were now turned away, and were unmindful of his danger, his needs, and his plead...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the (l) son of thine handmaid. (l) He boasts not of his own vir...
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 Psalm...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

have mercy upon . show favour, or he gracious to.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. Look to me, and have pity upon me. Here the Psalmist makes a more distinct application to himself of what he had said concerning the div...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. O turn unto me - He represents himsel...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. Give thy strength unto thy se...
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 remarkab...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

See Psalms 25:16 . The son of thine handmaid ] another phrase for 'thy servant': see Psalms 116:16 .
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...
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 w...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

While we here behold Christ as God's servant and God's chosen, surely every believer in him may humbly adopt this prayer and ask for a token of good....
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me ,.... For it seems the Lord had turned away from him, and had hid his face, and withheld the manifestation of...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. Ver. 16. O turn unto me ] Or, look...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O turn unto me As to one thou lovest, and hast a kind and tender concern for. And have mercy upon me Pity and graciously pardon me, though I have...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Petitions and Praises; Prayer for Mercy and Grace. 8 Among the gods...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Give thy strength, to assist, support, and save me. Me, who by thy gracious providence was born not of heathen, but of Israelitish parents, and the...
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 su...
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,...
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. “P...
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 (...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

O turn unto me, with His face full of divine favor, and have mercy upon me; give Thy strength, the divine power being the source of all the believe...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 1:11 ; Ephesians 3:16 ; Ephesians 6:10 ; Isaiah 40:29-31 ; Isaiah 45:24 ; Luke 1:38 ; Philippians 4:13 ; Psalms 119:132 ; Psalms...

¹⁶ O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 86:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 86:16