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Psalms 86:14-17

PSALM—NOTE ON Psalms 86:14 The last section of the psalm explains the source of the trouble: insolent men and a band of ruthless men. These people do not set you before them (that is, they have no respect for God). Therefore it is not surprising that they seek the faithful one’s life. But the faithful have not sinned, so they have no reason to worry that God will abandon them to enemies as a punishment. God is merciful and gracious, and therefore his faithful ones can trust him to forgive and to guard. The singer is bold and finishes by repeating his request.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 86:14. _THE ASSEMBLIES OF VIOLENT MEN_] עדת עריצים _adath_ _aritsim_, the _congregation of the terrible ones_. Men of violent passions, violent counsels, and violent acts; and, because th...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    O GOD, THE PROUD ARE RISEN AGAINST ME - People who are self-confident, ambitious, haughty; who do not regard the welfare or the rights of others; who are disposed to trample down all others in order t...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ זֵ֘דִ֤ים קָֽמוּ ־עָלַ֗י וַ עֲדַ֣ת...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Samuel 15:1; 2 Samuel 16:20; 2 Samuel 17:1; 2 Samuel 17:14;...

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