Psalms Chapter 86 verse 16 Holy Bible
Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; Give thy strength unto thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid.
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O be turned to me and have mercy on me: give your strength to your servant, and your salvation to the son of her who is your servant.
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Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
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O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
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O turn to me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.
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Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid.
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Look unto me, and favour me, Give Thy strength to Thy servant, And give salvation to a son of Thine handmaid.
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Psalms 86 : 16 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me. God had for a time turned his face away from his servant; now he is entreated to turn it towards him, and, as a consequence, to "have mercy upon him" and deliver him. Give thy strength unto thy servant. Only in God's strength can we effectually contend against either our spiritual or our temporal foes. If, however, we ask him for strength, his strength will be "sufficient for us" (2 Corinthians 12:9). And save the son of thine handmaid. Either "the son of one who was specially religious," like the mother of Timothy (2 Timothy 1:5). or" the son of an Israelitish mother," therefore born and bred up in thy household.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Servant . . . son of thine handmaid.--Comp. Psalm 116:16. The combined expressions imply a homeborn slave. (Comp. Genesis 14:14; Jeremiah 2:14)
