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Psa. 86:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

<<A Prayer δof David.>> Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy.

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Ministry on This Verse

1-4: David strengthens his prayer by the consciousness of his religion;

5-10: by the goodness and power of God.

11-13: He desires the continuance of former grace.

14-17: Complaining of the proud, he craves some token of God's goodness.

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A Prayer of David.

or a prayer, being a Psalm ofDavid. This Psalm is supposed to have been composed by David either when persecuted by Saul, or driven from Jerusalem by Absalom.

Psa. 102:1• ¹A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah. Jehovah, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee. (Psa. 102:1)

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Psa. 142:1• ¹An instruction of David; when he was in the cave: a prayer. I cry unto Jehovah with my voice: with my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication. (Psa. 142:1)

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Psa. 142• (Psa. 142)

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Psa. 31:2• ²Incline thine ear to me, deliver me speedily; be a strong rock to me, a house of defence to save me. (Psa. 31:2)

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Isa. 37:17• ¹⁷Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open, Jehovah, thine eyes, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to reproach the living God. (Isa. 37:17)

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Dan. 9:18• ¹⁸Incline thine ear, O my God, and hear; open thine eyes and behold our desolations, and the city that is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee because of our righteousnesses, but because of thy manifold mercies. (Dan. 9:18)

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Psa. 10:14• ¹⁴Thou hast seen it, for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless. (Psa. 10:14)

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Psa. 34:6• ⁶This afflicted one called, and Jehovah heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. (Psa. 34:6)

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Psa. 40:17• ¹⁷But I am afflicted and needy: the Lord thinketh upon me. Thou art my help and my deliverer: my God, make no delay. (Psa. 40:17)

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Psa. 72:12‑14• ¹²For he will deliver the needy who crieth, and the afflicted, who hath no helper;
¹³He will have compassion on the poor and needy, and will save the souls of the needy:
¹⁴He will redeem their souls from oppression and violence, and precious shall their blood be in his sight. (Psa. 72:12‑14)

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Psa. 102:17• ¹⁷He will regard the prayer of the destitute one, and not despise their prayer. (Psa. 102:17)

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Psa. 119:22• ²²Roll off from me reproach and contempt; for I observe thy testimonies. (Psa. 119:22)

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Psa. 140:12• ¹²I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted one, the right of the needy. (Psa. 140:12)

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Isa. 66:2• ²Even all these things hath my hand made, and all these things have been, saith Jehovah. But to this man will I look: to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and who trembleth at my word. (Isa. 66:2)

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Matt. 5:3• ³Blessed are the poor in spirit, for *theirs* is the kingdom of the heavens. (Matt. 5:3)

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Luke 4:18• ¹⁸The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he has sent me to preach to captives deliverance, and to the blind sight, to send forth the crushed delivered, (Luke 4:18)

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James 1:9‑10• ⁹But let the brother of low degree glory in his elevation,
¹⁰and the rich in his humiliation, because as the grass's flower he will pass away. (James 1:9‑10)

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James 2:5• ⁵Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him? (James 2:5)

• Book 3. Series 2. The Indignation. Gog attacks Israel. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)

• The ground it rests on, as looking to God to bow down His ear, is fourfold. It is poor and lowly, {v.1} not of the proud of the earth; it is holy, {v.2} really set apart to God; Jehovah's servant {v.2} (with us the Father's name must come in here, as we have ever seen, and Christ as Lord), it trusts in Jehovah, and cries daily to the Lord {v.3}. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 85-87” by J.N. Darby)

• This psalm shows that although the remnant of Israel (the ten tribes) have returned to their land (Ps. 84) and are restored to the Lord (Ps. 85), they are still not fully at rest in their promised inheritance. Distress resulting from enemies having surrounded them (“the assemblies of violent men,” vs. 14) leads them to call upon the Lord for their preservation (vs. 1-7). (“Book 3.” by B. Anstey)

• (vv. 1-5) The psalm opens with a cry to Jehovah to listen to the cry of a suppliant who is conscious of his need, and can plead that he is “pious,” or holy―that is, he fears God, and trusts in God. (“Book 3.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

A Prayer of David. Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me; for I am afflicted and needy.