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Verse Psalms 86:10. _FOR THOU_ ART _GREAT_] Almighty, infinite,
eternal.
_AND DOEST WONDROUS THINGS_] ועשה נפלאות _veoseh niphlaoth_;
thou art the _Worker of miracles_. This thou hast done in numerou...
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FOR THOU ART GREAT, AND DOEST WONDROUS THINGS - Things suited to
excite wonder or admiration; things which lie beyond the power of any
creature, and which could be performed by no one but a being of
a...
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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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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....
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Cp. Psalms 77:13-14; Psalms 72:18; Psalms 83:18; and Exodus 15:11;...
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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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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...
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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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כִּֽי ־גָדֹ֣ול אַ֭תָּה וְ עֹשֵׂ֣ה
נִפְלָאֹ֑ות...
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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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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...
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10._For thou art great, and thou alone, O God! doest wondrous things.
_In this verse there is again repeated the cause which will bring all
nations to worship before the Lord, namely, the discovery ma...
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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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FOR THOU ART GREAT,.... In his nature, and the perfections of it; in
his power, wisdom, truth, faithfulness, love, grace, and mercy; and in
all his persons; the Father is great, greater than all; the...
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For thou [art] great, and doest wondrous things: thou [art] God alone.
Ver. 10. _For thou art great_] Great is the Lord without quantity,
good without quality, everlasting without time, omnipresent w...
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_All nations whom thou hast made_ For, as thou hast made them, thou
canst easily convince and convert them to thyself; _shall come and
worship before thee_ Shall forsake their impotent idols, and shal...
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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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For Thou art great and doest wondrous things, the only miracles really
worthy of the name being those performed by Jehovah; THOU ART GOD
ALONE. This being the case, the psalmist longs to be more close...
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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...
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DOEST WONDROUS THINGS: this is added as a reason either why the
nations should own the true God, because they should see his wonderful
works; or why that great work, PSALMS 86:9, was not incredible, b...
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Psalms 86:10 great H1419 do H6213 (H8802) things H6381 (H8737) God
H430
For - Psalms 86:8,...
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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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_Thou. .. doest wondrous things._
CURIOSITIES
In this age a great amount of wealth is lavished on “curiosities.”
I. One of the greatest curosities which has been made for you is the
created world. W...
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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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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
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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...
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1 Corinthians 8:4; Acts 2:19; Acts 4:30; Daniel 6:26; Daniel 6:27;...