Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 86:2
2Protect my life, for I am faithful. You are my God; save your servant who trusts in you.
Psalms 86:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
- New International Version (NIV)Guard my life, for I am faithful to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God;
- English Standard Version (ESV)Preserve my life, for I am godly; save your servant, who trusts in you—you are my God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Preserve my life, for I am holy; You are my God; Save Your servant who trusts in You!
Context of Psalms 86:2
1Listen, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Protect my life, for I am faithful. You are my God; save your servant who trusts in you. 3Be gracious to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long. 4Bring joy to your servant’s life, because I appeal to you, Lord.
Read all of Psalms 86Psalms 86:2 word by word
שָֽׁמְרָ֣ה נַפְשִׁי֮ כִּֽי־חָסִ֪יד אָ֥נִי הוֹשַׁ֣ע עַ֭בְדְּךָ אַתָּ֣ה אֱלֹהַ֑י הַבּוֹטֵ֥חַ אֵלֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 86:2
- Psalms 4:3Know that the Lord has set apart the faithful for himself; the Lord will hear when I call to him.
- Psalms 37:28For the Lord loves justice and will not abandon his faithful ones. They are kept safe forever, but the children of the wicked will be destroyed.
- Psalms 119:94I am yours; save me, for I have studied your precepts.
- 1 Samuel 2:9He guards the steps of his faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness, for a person does not prevail by his own strength.
- John 10:27My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me.
- John 17:11I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by your name that you have given me, so that they may be one as we are one.
- 1 Peter 5:3not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
- Psalms 18:19He brought me out to a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.
- Deuteronomy 7:7“The Lord had his heart set on you and chose you, not because you were more numerous than all peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
- Romans 9:18So then, he has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
- Psalms 119:124Deal with your servant based on your faithful love; teach me your statutes.
- Psalms 143:12and in your faithful love destroy my enemies. Wipe out all those who attack me, for I am your servant.
- John 12:26If anyone serves me, he must follow me. Where I am, there my servant also will be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
- Psalms 13:5But I have trusted in your faithful love; my heart will rejoice in your deliverance.
- Psalms 16:1Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you.
- Psalms 31:1Lord, I seek refuge in you; let me never be disgraced. Save me by your righteousness.
Commentaries on Psalms 86:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Preserve my soul - Keep it as in a strong place. For I am holy - אני חשיד כי ki chasid ani, for I am merciful. The spirit of this prayer is, "The mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me!" Save thy servant - I have long taken thee as my Master and Lord; I receive the word from thy mouth, and obey thee.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Preserve my soul - Preserve, or keep, my life; for so the word rendered soul means in this place, as it does commonly in the Scriptures. For I am holy - Margin, “One whom thou favorest.” The Hebrew word - חסיד châsı̂yd - means properly, benevolent, kind; then, good, merciful, gracious; and then pious, godly. Psalm 30:4; Psalm 31:23; Psalm 37:28. The ground of the plea here is, that he was a friend of God; and that it was proper on that account to look to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4God’s devoted servant prays for mercy. The psalmist sees himself as a member of the covenant community and as a citizen of the world.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-171-2. 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.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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