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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 86:5

For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

Ver. 5. For thou, Lord, art good, &c.] Lord, I am hell, but thou art heaven, said that martyr; faith wrappeth herself up in the promise, and goeth boldly to God by prayer.

And plenteous in mercy] Both to forgive sin and to give good, Hosea 14:2 .

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See also Psalms 86:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 86:5. _FOR THOU, LORD_, ART _GOOD_] I found my expectations of help on thy own goodness through which thou art always ready to forgive. And I found it also on thy well-known character, to...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR THOU, LORD, ART GOOD ... - This is another reason why God should hear his prayer; and it is a reason which may be properly urged at all times, and by all classes of persons. It is founded on the b...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 86 A Prayer _ 1. The prayer of the poor and needy one (Psalms 86:1)_ 2. The praise of His Name (Psalms 86:10) This Psalm has for an inscription “A prayer of David.” We can hear in it the vo...

  • 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. The Psalmist prays for succour, pleading God's mercy and his own piet...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    PLENTEOUS. Compare Exodus 34:6. MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    A series of petitions, each supported by the ground on which the Psalmist pleads for a hearing....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _ready to forgive_ The exact word is found only here, but for the thought see Psalms 130:4; and for the whole verse cp. Exodus 34:6 f....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 644 A PRAYING SPIRIT EXEMPLIFIED Psalms 86:1. Bow down thine ear, O Lord! hear me; for I am poor and needy. Preserve my soul; for I am holy O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 86 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Prayer of a Tried and Faithful Servant of Jehovah. ANALYSIS The Psalmist prays to be Heard and Answered and for his Life to be Preserved because of his Need (Psalms 86:1...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. FOR THOU, LORD, ART GOOD, AND READY TO FORGIVE. God's forgiving character is one manifesta...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    86:5 forgive, (d-9) Lit. 'forgiving.'...

  • 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 univ...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ BITS AND PIECES PSALMS 86 They said to Jesus, "Teach us to pray". He said, "Ask and you will receive. Look and you will find. Knock and it will open to you". (Fro...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FOR THOU. — Up to this time the psalmist has only put forward his needs in various aspects as a plea for God’s compassion. Now, not without art, he clenches his petition by an appeal to the nature its...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּֽי ־אַתָּ֣ה אֲ֭דֹנָי טֹ֣וב וְ סַלָּ֑ח וְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 86:1 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 beseech...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A PRAYER TO THE GOD OF MERCY Psalms 86:1 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 avails itsel...

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For thou, Lord, [art] good, and (d) ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. (d) He confesses that God is good to all but only merciful to poor sinners....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Shall not Sion say, &c. The meaning is, that Sion, viz., the Church, shall not only be able to commemorate this or that particular person of renown born in her, but also to glory in great multitudes o...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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? Re...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    5_For thou, O Lord! art good and propitious. _(483) We have here a confirmation of the whole preceding doctrine, derived from the nature of God. It would avail the afflicted nothing to have recourse t...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 86. This psalm is the meek yet confiding and confident appeal of a soul conscious of its godly feelings towards Jehovah and looking to the results of relationship with Him. We have had Jehovah...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR THOU, LORD, ART GOOD,.... Essentially and independently good, from whom every good and perfect gift comes; good in himself, and good to others; good to all, in a providential way; and good to his...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Rejoice the soul of thy servant_ It is God only that can put gladness into the heart, and make the soul rejoice; and it is the privilege of his servants to have _joy_, as well as _peace, in believing...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, willing, not to ignore, but to remit sins; AND PLENTEOUS IN MERCY, abundant in grace, UNTO ALL THEM THAT CALL UPON THEE, in the true worship of the hear...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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 term...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-7 Our poverty and wretchedness, when felt, powerfully plead in our behalf at the throne of grace. The best self-preservation is to commit ourselves to God's keeping. I am one whom thou favourest, h...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Herewith he relieveth himself under the sense of his guilt, whereby he had brought his present calamities upon himself. THEM THAT CALL UPON THEE, to wit, in truth, as it is explained PSALMS 145:18, or...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 86:5 Lord H136 good H2896 forgive H5546 abundant H7227 mercy H2617 call H7121 (H8802) thou -...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 86:1 The fulness and variety of these petitions deserve careful consideration. Notice: I. The invocations. Five times in these verses of the text does the Psalmist invoke God, and that by thr...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The malice of enemies deplored. God's goodness pleaded in prayer for mercy. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The best self preservation is to commit ourselves to God's keeping and by fa...

  • 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 whi...

  • 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 every man...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 86:1. This is an individual lament in a situation in which “a band of insolent men seek my life” (v. Psalms 86:14). The psalm confesses tha

  • 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 sufficient ground for disputing his authorship of it....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Psa 86:1-17 we have another psalm of David. David said, Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that is trusting...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 4:8; 1 John 4:9; Acts 2:21; Daniel 9:9; Ephesians 1:6;...

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