Psalms 86:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 86

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¹A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.

Psalms 86:1 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 31:2
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
Psalms 40:17
But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
Daniel 9:18
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Psalms 34:6
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Blessing Enquiring of God Fasting Gentleness Humiliation and Self-Affliction Humility Importunity

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-7)

This psalm was published under the title of a prayer of David; not as if David sung all his prayers, but into some of his songs he inserted prayers; for a psalm will admit the expressions of any pious and devout affections. But it is observable how very plain the language of this psalm is, and how little there is in it of poetic flights or figures, in comparison with some other psalms; for the flo…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Psa 86:1-17. This is a prayer in which the writer, with deep emotion, mingles petitions and praises, now urgent for help, and now elated with hope, in view of former mercies. The occurrence of many terms and phrases peculiar to David’s Psalms clearly intimates its authorship. 1-2. poor and needy--a suffering child of God, as in Psa 10:12, 17; 18:27. I am holy--or, “godly,” as in Psa 4:3; 85:8.