Psalms 86:17

"Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your servant."

Key Reflection

This verse reflects David's plea for God’s mercy and strength, acknowledging his own weakness and dependence on divine aid. He asks for salvation not just as a deliverance from immediate peril but as a continuous relationship with the Lord.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Shew me a token for good ... -Hebrew, “Make me a sign for good;” that is, Do that for me in my trouble which will be an evidence that thou dost favor me, and wilt save me. Let there be such a manifest interposition in my behalf that others may see it, and may be convinced that thou art God, and that thou art the Protector and Friend of those who put their trust in thee. We need not suppose that the psalmist refers here to a miracle in his behalf. Any interposition which would save him from the hands of his enemies - which would defeat their purposes - which would rescue him when there seemed to be no help, would be such an evidence that they could not doubt that he was the friend of God.

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