16 Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid.
Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.
Turn to me, and have mercy on me, For I am desolate and afflicted.
strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy;
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word." The angel departed from her.
Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him. Yahweh is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
He gives power to the faint; and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but those who wait for Yahweh shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
Turn to me, and have mercy on me, As you always do to those who love your name.
I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
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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.