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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 86 - Introduction

* The psalmist pleads his earnestness, and the mercy of God, as reasons why his prayer should be heard. (1-7) He renews his requests for help and comfort. (8-17)

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See also Psalms 86 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    This psalm purports to be a psalm of David; and there is nothing in the psalm that is contrary to this supposition. Why it has its place among the psalms which are designated as the compositions of “t...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    This Psalm is a mosaic of fragments from other Psalms and scriptures [47]. It claims no poetic originality, yet it possesses a pathetic earnestness and tender grace of its own. It is distinguished by...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 seat (a-27) Or 'in the company.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    LXXXVI This psalm is mainly composed of a number of sentences and verses from older compositions, arranged not without art, and, where it suited the adapter, so altered as to present forms of words p...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 86 A PRAYER OF DAVID. The title is the same with the Seventeenth Psalm, and the subject of it is much alike: it was written by David, when in distress, and his life was sought a...

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

    _A.M. 2981. B.C. 1023._ This Psalm, which is entitled a prayer of David, was probably composed by him during his afflictions under Saul. It was afterward, as the Jews inform us, made use of by Hezeki...

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