Psalms 86:17

Vouchsafe unto me some evident and eminent token of lay good will to me, for the conviction of mine enemies, and mine own comfort.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 86:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shew me a token for good ... - Hebrew, “Make me a sign for good;” that is, Do that for me in my trouble which will be an evidence that thou dost...
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

The last verse contains an additional confirmation of the statement, that he was in a manner forsaken of God. He would not have desired to be f...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it , and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me. Show me a token...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Shew me a token for good— Vouchsafe me a token of thy goodness, that they who hate me may see it and be ashamed, and be convinced that thou, O Lor...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me. Show me a...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A token for good — i.e., some sign of continued or renewed providential care and love, such, indeed, as an Israelite under the old covenant saw,...
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

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

REFLECTIONS Pause, Reader, yet a little longer, and hear the cries which Jesus, thy Surety, used in the days of his flesh. He begs the Father to inc...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Show me a token for good ,.... Not only one by which he might know that his sins were pardoned, and his person accepted with God, and that he should...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see [it], and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me. Ver. 17. Sho...
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...
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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 86:17 I. "Show me a token for good." The want thus expressed is a spiritual want; the prayer therefore is for spiritual relief. It is a tok...
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

Show me a token for good, that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed; because Thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me. Tokens for go...
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

Show me a token for good, an evidence of divine favor, a special measure of His blessings, that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed, cover...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 5:5 ; Isaiah 38:22 ; Micah 7:8-10 ; Psalms 40:1 ; Psalms 41:10 ; Psalms 41:11 ; Psalms 71:20 ; Psalms 71:21 ; Psalms 74:9 ; P...

¹⁷ Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 86:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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

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

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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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

Psalms 86:17