Psalms 86

A Prayer] So is the Title of Psal. XVII. And this seemes to be as a set forme of prayer for the godly in distresse; without any particular circumstances used in it of persons, places, or times; appliable to all; and may not unfitly be applied to Christ.

Psalms 86:2

I am holy] So rather then as in the margin, one whom thou favourest. The Hebrew word is 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, which imports an active, rather then a passive signification. And so Psal. IV. 3. and XXXII. 6. and L. 5. and LXXIX. 2. This word is actively taken, and that rightly in our translations; though many learned men, not so well advised therein, render it passively, to denote, not the author and agent, and his quality, but the object spoken of.

Psalms 86:8

Among the gods] Verse 10. Psal. LXXXIX. 6. Deut. XXXII. 39. Esay XXXVII. 16 and XLIV. 6. 1 Cor. VIII. 4, 5, 6. Exod. XV. 1. From the first Hebrew letters of which four words in Exodus came the name of the Maccabees, as is thought.

Psalms 86:11

unite my heart to fear thy Name] Loose it from all other things, and cares, and fears,; and knit it fast to thy fear only, without back-sliding ever.

Psalms 86:16

Give thy strength] Iohn XV. 5. Phil. II. 13. and IV. 13.

Psalms 86:17

a toaken] as in the end of the verse.