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AMONG THE GODS THERE IS NONE LIKE UNTO THEE, O LORD - Among all those
which are worshipped as gods there is no one that can hear and save.
The psalmist, in respect to prayer, and to help to be obtaine...
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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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GODS. Hebrew. _'elohim =_ judges. See note on Exodus 21:6; Exodus
22:8; Exodus 22:9....
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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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There is none like thee among the gods, O Lord;
And there is nought like thy works.
Based upon Exodus 15:11, which is frequently imitated elsewhere; and
Deuteronomy 3:24. In Psalms 86:5 the Psalmist...
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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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See Exodus 15:11; Deuteronomy 3:24....
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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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For the sources of this verse see marginal reference and Exodus 15:11.
After expressing his conviction of God’s _willingness_ to hear
prayer, the psalmist goes on to his confidence in Divine power to...
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אֵין ־כָּמֹ֖וךָ בָ † אֱלֹהִ֥ים ׀
אֲדֹנָ֗י וְ...
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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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Among the gods [there is] none like unto thee, O Lord; neither (f)
[are there any works] like unto thy works.
(f) He condemns all idols as they can do nothing to declare that they
are gods....
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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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8_Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord! _Here the
Psalmist may be considered either as bursting forth into
thanksgivings, after having obtained what he desired, or else as
gathering cou...
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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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AMONG THE GODS THERE IS NONE LIKE UNTO THEE, O LORD,.... Among the
angels of heaven, as the Targum, in the king's Bible; see
Matthew 24:36, and who are sometimes called gods, and among whom there
is...
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Among the gods [there is] none like unto thee, O Lord; neither [are
there any works] like unto thy works.
Ver. 8. _Among the gods_] Whether deputed or reputed.
_ There is none like unto thee_] Eithe...
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_Among the gods_ The false gods, whom the heathen worship; _there is
none like unto thee_ None so wise, so mighty, so good; none so able
and willing to hear and answer prayer. I am not now calling on...
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Among the gods, those designated with this honoring name by the
ignorant heathen, THERE IS NONE LIKE UNTO THEE, O LORD, Jehovah being
the only true God; NEITHER ARE THERE ANY WORKS, no matter what
mir...
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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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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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THERE IS NONE LIKE UNTO THEE, either for power or readiness to hear
and answer prayers. I am not now calling upon a deaf and impotent
idol, for then I might cry my heart out, and all in vain, as they...
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Psalms 86:8 gods H430 Lord H136 works H4639
Among - Psalms 89:6, Psalms 89:8;...
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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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_Among the gods there is none like unto Thee, O Lord; neither are
there any works like unto Thy works._
GOD’S WORKS UNIQUE
I. God’s works in the material domain have no equal.
1. How exquisite in p...
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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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Daniel 3:29; Deuteronomy 3:24; Deuteronomy 4:34; Exodus 15:11;...