Psalms 86:11

Unite my heart. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "Let my heart rejoice".

fear. revere.

name. See note on Psalms 20:1.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Teach me thy way, O Lord - That is, in the present emergency. Show me what thou wouldst have me to do that I may obtain thy favor, and thy gracio...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(h) Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. (h) He confesses himself ignorant till God has taught him,...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11. Show me thy ways, O Jehovah! David now rises higher, praying that he may be governed by the spirit of sound understanding, in order to h...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. Teach me thy way - Instruct me in the steps I should take; for w...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Unite my heart, &c.— Keep close my heart, Mudge. The expression denotes the contrary to hypocrisy, or to an insincere and partial obedience,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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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 26:3 ; Psalms 27:11 . Unite my heart ] deliver me from divided purposes and affections.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A reminiscence of older psalms. In addition to the marginal references, see Psalms 26:3 . Unite my heart — i.e., unite all my powers and concen...
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

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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 Lord...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

While we look to Christ as our glorious Head, let us see our personal interest in him, and, by virtue of our union with him, take up this language....
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Teach me thy way, O Lord ,.... The methods of thy grace, which thou hast taken, and dost take, in the salvation of men, in the contrivance, impetrat...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. Ver. 11. Teach me thy way ] David knew much of God, and yet h...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Teach me thy way Wherein thou wouldst have me to walk. As thou hast taught me by thy word, so also teach me by thy Spirit, that I may clearly disce...
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

Thy way; wherein thou wouldst have me to walk. As thou hast taught me by thy word, so also by thy Spirit enlighten my mind, that I may clearly disc...
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...
Scofield Reference Notes

fear ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 19:9 ).
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 86:11 In the expressions "teach," "fear," "walk," we have religion presented to us in the three aspects of knowledge, feeling, and conduct;...
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 Biblical Illustrator

Teach me Thy way, O Lord; I will walk in Thy truth. Moral light I. Moral light sought from the true source. 1. God has a “way” for man. He h...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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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

Teach me Thy way, O Lord, pointing out how the believer may arrange his entire life in conformity with the will of Jehovah; I will walk in Thy truth...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:21 ; 1 Corinthians 6:17 ; 2 Corinthians 11:3 ; 2 John 1:4 ; 3 John 1:3 ; 3 John 1:4 ; Acts 2:46 ; Colossians 3:17 ; Colossi...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Truth — In the way of thy precepts, which are true and right in all things. My heart — Knit my whole heart to thyself.

¹¹ Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 86:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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