Psalms 86:15

13 For great is Your mercy toward me,
And You have delivered my soul from the depths of¹ Sheol.

14 O God, the proud have risen against me,
And a mob of violent men have sought my life,
And have not set You before them.

15 But ^aYou, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious,
Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.

16 Oh, turn to me, and have mercy on me!
Give Your strength to Your servant,
And save the son of Your maidservant.

17 Show me a sign for good,
That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,
Because You, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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But thou, O Lord - What a wonderful character of God is given in this verse! Adonai , the Director, Judge, and Support; - but instead of Adonai , thirty-four of Kennicott' s MSS. have Jehovah , the self-existent and eternal Being; - El , the strong God; rachum , tenderly compassionate; channun , the Dispenser of grace or favor; erech appayim , suffering long, not easily provoked; rab chesed , abundant in blessings; and emeth , faithful and true. Such is the God who has made himself more particularly known to us in Christ. The scanty language of our ancestors was not adequate to a full rendering of the original words: "And thu driht God gemildsiend, and mildheort, gethyldig and mucel mildheortnysse and sothfaest - And thou, Lord God, art mild, and mildhearted, patient, and of much mildheartedness, and soothfast," - steady in truth.

In the old Psalter the language is but little improved: And thou Lorde God mercier, and mercyful, sufferand, and of mykel mercy, and sothefast.

The word mercier is interpreted, do and dede of mercy.

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