Psalms 86:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

Psalms 86:2 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 4:3
But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
Psalms 25:2
O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
Psalms 119:94
I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
Psalms 31:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Psalms 13:5
But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

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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. 2)

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.