American Standard Version
Psalms 86:16
16Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me;Give thy strength unto thy servant,And save the son of thy handmaid.
Psalms 86:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
- New International Version (NIV)Turn to me and have mercy on me; show your strength in behalf of your servant; save me, because I serve you just as my mother did.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your maidservant.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give Your strength to Your servant, And save the son of Your maidservant.
Context of Psalms 86:16
14O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them. 15But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth. Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; Give thy strength unto thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid. 17Show me a token for good, That they who hate me may see it, and be put to shame, Because thou, Jehovah, hast helped me, and comforted me.
Read all of Psalms 86Psalms 86:16 word by word
פְּנֵ֥ה אֵלַ֗י וְחָ֫נֵּ֥נִי תְּנָֽה־עֻזְּךָ֥ לְעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝הוֹשִׁ֗יעָה לְבֶן־אֲמָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 86:16
- Psalms 25:16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; For I am desolate and afflicted.
- Psalms 69:16Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.
- Psalms 90:13Return, O Jehovah; how long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
- Psalms 119:132Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
- Psalms 28:7Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him.
- Psalms 84:5Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways to Zion.
- Psalms 138:3In the day that I called thou answeredst me, Thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul.
- Isaiah 40:29He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.
- Isaiah 45:24Only in Jehovah, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength; even to him shall men come; and all they that were incensed against him shall be put to shame.
- Zechariah 10:12And I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith Jehovah.
- Ephesians 3:16that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
- Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
- Philippians 4:13I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
- Colossians 1:11strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;
- Psalms 116:16O Jehovah, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bonds.
- Psalms 119:94I am thine, save me; For I have sought thy precepts.
Commentaries on Psalms 86:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16O turn unto me - He represents himself as following after God; but he cannot overtake him; and then he plays that he would turn and meet him through pity; or give him strength that he might be able to hold on his race. Give thy strength unto thy servant - The Vulgate renders, Daniel imperium tuum puero tuo, "Give thy empire to thy child." The old Psalter. Gyf empyre to thi barne, and make safe the son of thi hand mayden. Thi barne - thy tender child…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me - Look upon me; as if God were now turned away, and were unmindful of his danger, his needs, and his pleading. The expression is equivalent to those in which he prays that God would incline his ear to him. See Psalm 86:1, Psalm 86:6, and the notes at Psalm 5:1. Give thy strength unto thy servant - Give such strength as proceeds from thee, and such as will accomplish what thou alone canst effect. Enable me to act as…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-17Verses 8-17 Our God alone possesses almighty power and infinite love. Christ is the way and the truth. And the believing soul will be more desirous to be taught the way and the truth. And the believing soul will be more desirous to be taught the way and the truth of God, in order to walk therein, than to be delivered out of earthly distress. Those who set not the Lord before them, seek after believers' souls; but the compassion, mercy, and truth of God…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-17Arrogant people exist both inside and outside the community. The psalmist asks God to show his character. God is so great that even a small glimpse of his goodness will silence the wicked.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. son ... handmaid--homeborn servant (compare Lu 15:17).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 86
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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