1 > Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, For I am poor and needy.
But I am poor and needy; May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don't delay, my God.
Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, A house of defense to save me.
Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position; and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
My God, turn your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and see our desolations, and the city which is called by your name: for we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies' sake.
But you do see trouble and grief; You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
> I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy.
Take reproach and contempt away from me, For I have kept your statutes.
He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, And has not despised their prayer.
For he will deliver the needy when he cries; The poor, who has no helper. He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy. He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.
This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
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Commentary on Psalms 86 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 86
This psalm is entitled "a prayer of David;' probably it was not penned upon any particular occasion, but was a prayer he often used himself, and recommended to others for their use, especially in a day of affliction. Many think that David penned this prayer as a type of Christ, "who in the days of his flesh offered up strong cries,' Heb. 5:7. David, in this prayer (according to the nature of that duty),
In singing this we must, as David did, lift up our souls to God with application.
A Prayer of David.
Psa 86:1-7
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 flourishes of wit are not the proper ornaments of prayer. Now here we may observe,
Psa 86:8-17
David is here going on in his prayer.