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] Either in essence or in operation. See Exodus 15:11 .
Verse Psalms 86:8. _AMONG THE GODS_ THERE IS _NONE LIKE UNTO THEE, O LORD_] None that trusted in an idol ever had help in time of need; none that prayed to any of them ever had an answer to his petit...
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 obtaine...
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...
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...
GODS. Hebrew. _'elohim =_ judges. See note on Exodus 21:6; Exodus 22:8; Exodus 22:9....
Renewed supplication for a hearing. The Psalmist is sure of an answer, for Jehovah is the only true God, Whom all nations will one day acknowledge....
There is none like thee among the gods, O Lord; And there is nought like thy works. Based upon Exodus 15:11, which is frequently imitated elsewhere; and Deuteronomy 3:24. In Psalms 86:5 the Psalmist...
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...
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 THE VOI...
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...
See Exodus 15:11; Deuteronomy 3:24....
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...
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 to...
אֵין ־כָּמֹ֖וךָ בָ † אֱלֹהִ֥ים ׀ אֲדֹנָ֗י וְ...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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 th...
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 gathering cou...
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...
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 there is...
_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...
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...
Among the gods, those designated with this honoring name by the ignorant heathen, THERE IS NONE LIKE UNTO THEE, O LORD, Jehovah being the only true God; NEITHER ARE THERE ANY WORKS, no matter what mir...
8-17 Our God alone possesses almighty power and infinite love. Christ is the way and the truth. And the believing soul will be more desirous to be taught the way and the truth. And the believing soul...
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 they...
Psalms 86:8 gods H430 Lord H136 works H4639 Among - Psalms 89:6, Psalms 89:8;...
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...
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...
_Among the gods there is none like unto Thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto Thy works._ GOD’S WORKS UNIQUE I. God’s works in the material domain have no equal. 1. How exquisite in p...
_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...
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
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 86:8 The psalm moves from THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU who is worthy of worship AMONG THE GODS (that is, the angels and other heavenly beings), to YOU ALONE ARE GOD. T
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....
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,...
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...
Daniel 3:29; Deuteronomy 3:24; Deuteronomy 4:34; Exodus 15:11;...