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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...
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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...
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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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Again, though the Psalmist may be referring to personal circumstances,
it is not impossible that he is alluding to dangers by which the
community was threatened. The verse is taken almost word for wor...
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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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O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent
men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
O GOD, THE PROUD ARE RISEN AGAINST ME, AND THE ASSEMBLIES OF V...
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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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See Note, Psalms 54:3, whence the verse is taken....
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אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ זֵ֘דִ֤ים קָֽמוּ ־עָלַ֗י
וַ עֲדַ֣ת...
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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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O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent
[men] have (k) sought after my soul; and have not set thee before
them.
(k) He shows that there can be no moderation or equity whe...
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The apostles, in their prayer, point to these exercises of the blessed
Jesus, Acts 4:27; and Jesus himself expresseth the same, Psalms 22:16....
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14._O God! the proud are risen up against me. _Instead of זדים _,
zedim, the proud, _some read, זרים, _zarim, strangers; _and,
undoubtedly, the Scriptures often employ this word to denote barbarous
cr...
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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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O GOD, THE PROUD ARE RISEN AGAINST ME,.... As all men naturally are,
and as all are without the grace of God; and because they are, they
deal in proud wrath: as, through the pride of their heart, they...
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_O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent
[men] have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them._
Ver. 14. _O God, the proud_] The strangers, some read it (by...
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_O God, the proud are risen against me_ Behold, O God, a new
opportunity to glorify that mercy, for ambitious men have risen up
against me in open rebellion, and have not only plotted against me,
but...
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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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O God, the proud, insolent, arrogant persons, ARE RISEN AGAINST ME,
AND THE ASSEMBLIES OF VIOLENT MEN, a band of tyrants, HAVE SOUGHT
AFTER MY SOUL, to take his life, AND HAVE NOT SET THEE BEFORE THEM...
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VIOLENT:
_ Heb._ terrible...
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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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They have no reverence nor regard for thee, neither for thy word,
which hath conferred the kingdom upon me; nor for thine all-seeing
eye, which beholds all their wicked devices and practices against m...
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Psalms 86:14 God H430 proud H2086 risen H6965 (H8804) mob H5712
violent H6184 sought H1245 (H8765) life...
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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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_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 86:14 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
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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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2 Samuel 15:1; 2 Samuel 16:20; 2 Samuel 17:1; 2 Samuel 17:14;...