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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 before Jehovah poureth out his complaint.{HR}Jehovah, hear my prayer,{HR}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.{HR}[With] my voice to Jehovah I cry;{HR}[With] my voice to Jehovah I make supplication. (Psa. 142:1)

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Psa. 31:2• ²Incline thine ear unto me, deliver me speedily;{HR}Be to me for a rock of strength,{HR}For a house of defence to save me. (Psa. 31:2)

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Isa. 37:17• ¹⁷Incline thine ear, Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, Jehovah, 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• ¹⁸{i}Incline 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.{/i} (Dan. 9:18)

for I am.

Psa. 10:14• ¹⁴Thou hast seen;{HR}Thou beholdest mischief and provocation to requite it with thy hand;{HR}The wretched committeth himself to thee;{HR}[Of] the orphan thou hast been the helper. (Psa. 10:14)

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Psa. 34:6• ⁶This afflicted one called and Jehovah heard{HR}And saved him out of all his distresses. (Psa. 34:6)

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Psa. 40:17• ¹⁷But I poor and needy—the Lord considereth me.{HR}My help and deliverer [art] thou; O my God, delay not. (Psa. 40:17)

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Psa. 72:12‑14• ¹²For he will deliver the needy that crieth{HR}And the afflicted that hath no helper.
¹³He will have pity on a poor and needy one,{HR}And the souls of the needy will he save.
¹⁴From fraud and from violence will he redeem their soul,{HR}And precious shall their blood be in his sight. (Psa. 72:12‑14)

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Psa. 102:17• ¹⁷He turned unto the prayer of the destitute one,{HR}And despised not their prayer. (Psa. 102:17)

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Psa. 119:22• ²²Roll from me reproach and contempt,{HR}For thy testimonies I have observed. (Psa. 119:22)

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Psa. 140:12• ¹²I know that Jehovah will maintain the poor one's cause,{HR}The right of the needy. (Psa. 140:12)

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

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

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Luke 4:18• ¹⁸[The] Spirit of [the] Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to [the] poor; he hath sent me [to heal the broken-hearted], 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 lowly brother glory in his elevation,
¹⁰and the rich in his humiliation, because as flower of grass, he will pass away. (James 1:9‑10)

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James 2:5• ⁵Hear, my beloved brethren; did not God choose the poor as to the world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those 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.

W. Kelly Translation

A prayer of David.{HR}Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me;{HR}For I [am] poor and needy.