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Verse Psalms 86:4. _REJOICE THE SOUL OF THY SERVANT_] I want spiritual
blessings; I want such consolations as thou dost impart to them that
love thee; I present that soul to thee which I wish thee to...
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REJOICE THE SOUL OF THY SERVANT - Cause me to rejoice; to wit, by thy
gracious interposition, and by delivering me from danger and death.
FOR UNTO THEE, O LORD, DO I LIFT UP MY SOUL - Compare the note...
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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...
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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...
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_Rejoice_&c. Cp. Psalms 90:15.
_for unto thee_&c. From Psalms 25:1. God alone is the object of his
desires, his aspirations, his prayers. Cp. Psalms 143:8;...
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A series of petitions, each supported by the ground on which the
Psalmist pleads for a hearing....
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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...
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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...
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Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up
my soul.
REJOICE THE SOUL OF THY SERVANT: FOR UNTO THEE, O LORD, DO I LIFT UP
MY SOUL - quoted from Psalms 25:1. The small print...
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See Psalms 25:1....
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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...
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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...
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שַׂ֭מֵּחַ נֶ֣פֶשׁ עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֥י
אֵלֶ֥יךָ אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Rahab. Egypt, &c. To this Sion, which is the Church of God, many shall
resort from all nations. (Challoner) --- Christ gives his apostles
command to preach to all, Matthew xxviii., and Luke xxiv. 27....
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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...
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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...
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REJOICE THE SOUL OF THY SERVANT,.... With the discoveries of love, of
pardoning grace, and mercy, before made sad with sin or sufferings;
and with the light of God's countenance, before troubled with...
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Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up
my soul.
Ver. 4. _Rejoice the soul of thy servant_] True and solid joy entereth
the soul by the door of fervent prayer. Pray that...
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_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...
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Rejoice the soul of Thy servant, filling it with happy exultation; FOR
UNTO THEE, O LORD, DO I LIFT UP MY SOUL, raising it to the
All-powerful in importunate and confident pleading. The reason for
thi...
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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...
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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...
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The expression notes fervent desire joined with hope or expectation,
as appears by comparing DEUTERONOMY 24:15 JEREMIAH 22:27....
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Psalms 86:4 Rejoice H8055 (H8761) soul H5315 servant H5650 Lord H136
up H5375 (H8799) soul H5315
Rejoice
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul._
SOUL ELEVATION
The soul’s true elevation is a progress--
I. Godward. “Unto Thee.” It does not really rise as it moves
towards worldly wealth, position, in...
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_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...
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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
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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....
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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,...
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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...