Psalm 86 Commentary
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KEY THOUGHT: For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You. [Psalm 86:5 NKJV]
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Psalm 86 NKJV
Prayer for Mercy, with Meditation on the Excellencies of the Lord
A Prayer of David.
86 Bow down Your ear, O Lord, hear me;
For I am poor and needy.
2 Preserve my [a]life, for I am holy;
You are my God;
Save Your servant who trusts in You!
3 Be merciful to me, O Lord,
For I cry to You all day long.
4 [b]Rejoice the soul of Your servant,
For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
5 For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.
6 Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer;
And attend to the voice of my supplications.
7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon You,
For You will answer me.
8 Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord;
Nor are there any works like Your works.
9 All nations whom You have made
Shall come and worship before You, O Lord,
And shall glorify Your name.
10 For You are great, and do wondrous things;
You alone are God.
11 Teach me Your way, O Lord;
I will walk in Your truth;
[c]Unite my heart to fear Your name.
12 I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,
And I will glorify Your name forevermore.
13 For great is Your mercy toward me,
And You have delivered my soul from the depths of [d]Sheol.
14 O God, the proud have risen against me,
And a mob of violent men have sought my life,
And have not set You before them.
15 But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious,
Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.
16 Oh, turn to me, and have mercy on me!
Give Your strength to Your servant,
And save the son of Your maidservant.
17 Show me a sign for good,
That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,
Because You, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.
Footnotes
a. Psalm 86:2 Lit. soul
b. Psalm 86:4 Make glad
c. Psalm 86:11 Give me singleness of heart
d. Psalm 86:13 The abode of the dead
New King James Version (NKJV)
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Psalm 86 Commentary
It is one thing to be poor. It is another to be needy. The latter is more serious. At its peak, COVID-19 gave us new definitions. It was confounding to see very rich men gasping for air, drowning in the open air – their riches unable to ensure what we all consider a free commodity. They were in great need of oxygen!
The poor can be in need. The rich can be needier. Money multiplies needs. You wonder why we clamor for it.
David is, however, talking about the basic need for life itself. He is in great danger and, consequently, in distress.
He has options, but none is like the LORD God. He is in His own class. He is the Creator God. And David knows it.
He prays for mercy. It is good to ask to be forgiven. But as any adult saint would know, serving the LORD from an unchanged heart is mission impossible. He, therefore, prays for an undivided heart. Let me not split my heart between my God and the world. Take it whole. What a prayer!
Fine. The heart is now fully devoted to the LORD. But then it must learn the way of the LORD. David, therefore, prays that God teach him how to go about his Christian walk.
David relies on the revealed nature of the God of Abraham. He is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. The saint prays based on these revealed attributes of the El-Shaddai God.
It is a small line but incredibly important. David refers to his mother’s faith. Mothers birth life. They must also birth faith. Things go terribly wrong when the mother doesn’t know the LORD right from the start of the infant’s journey, before conception. Faith is an indispensable component in the factory of life. It should never miss.
Could this be the woman behind every man’s success? Absolutely. And how in short supply!
Then David prays for a sign of the goodness of the LORD. Saints can experience the goodness of the LORD in this life. Indeed, the goodness of the LORD stands as the only reason the fragile saint can still see another day. It is a miracle that a sheep navigates the park of countless angry and hungry wolves unharmed. Amen
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