Salmos 86:17

Almeida Revista e Corrigida

Mostra-me um sinal para bem, para que o vejam aqueles que me aborrecem e se confundam, quando tu, SENHOR, me ajudares e consolares.

Parallel Translations

A Biblia Sagrada
Mostra-me um sinal para bem, para que o vejam aqueles que me odeiam, e se confundam; porque tu, SENHOR, me ajudaste e me consolaste.

Almeida Revista e Atualizada
Mostra-me um sinal do teu favor, para que o vejam e se envergonhem os que me aborrecem; pois tu, SENHOR, me ajudas e me consolas.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Show: Psalms 41:10, Psalms 41:11, Psalms 74:9, Isaiah 38:22, 1 Corinthians 5:5

that they: Psalms 71:9-13, Psalms 109:29, Micah 7:8-10

thou: Psalms 40:1, Psalms 71:20, Psalms 71:21

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:8 - General Exodus 3:12 - token Judges 6:17 - show Judges 13:23 - he would not Psalms 6:10 - Let all Psalms 119:82 - When wilt Isaiah 26:11 - be 2 Corinthians 1:4 - comforteth Revelation 11:12 - and their

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Show me a token for good,.... Not only one by which he might know that his sins were pardoned, and his person accepted with God, and that he should be saved; but one visible to others, even to his enemies, by which they might know that God was on his side, and would verily do him good: Kimchi interprets it of the kingdom; and his being raised to the throne of Israel was a token of the Lord's goodness to him, and showed that he had a delight in him, and meant to do him good:

that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed; of their envy of him, their combinations and conspiracies against him, and of all their efforts to distress him, to hinder him of the kingdom, or deprive him of it, or make him uncomfortable in it:

because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me; he comforted him by helping him against his enemies, and out of his troubles; and, by doing both, showed him a token for good, and filled his enemies with shame and confusion.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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. Thus they would be made “ashamed” of their purposes; that is, they would be disappointed and confounded; and there would be furnished a new proof that God was the protector of all who put their trust in him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 86:17. Show me a token for good — עשה עמי אוה aseh immi oth, "Make with me a sign." Fix the honourabie mark of thy name upon me, that I may be known to be thy servant. There seems to be an allusion here to the marking of a slave, to ascertain whose property he was. The Anglo-Saxon, [A. S.] on [A. S.], "do with me a token in good.' Old Psalter: Do with me signe in gude. From [A. S.] tacn we have our word token, which signifies a sign, mark, or remembrancer of something beyond itself; a pledge that something, then specified, shall be done or given. Give me, from the influence of thy Spirit in my heart, a pledge that the blessings which I now ask shall be given in due time. But he wished for such a sign as his enemies might see; that they might know God to be his helper, and be confounded when they sought his destruction.

ANALYSIS OF THE EIGHTY-SIXTH PSALM

This Psalm is a continued prayer, and may be divided into four parts: -

I. The first part is a petition for safety, drawn from his own person, Psalms 86:1-4.

II. The second, a quickening of the same petition, drawn from the person and nature of God, Psalms 86:5-13.

III. The third, taken from the quality of his adversaries, Psalms 86:14.

IV. The fourth, a conjunction of all these three; the first, Psalms 86:15; the second, Psalms 86:16; the third, Psalms 86:17.

I. The reasons of his petition, drawn from himself.

1. "Bow down thine ear." Reason: "I am poor and needy," Psalms 86:1.

2. "Preserve my soul." Reason: "I am holy," or merciful, Psalms 86:2.

3. "Save thy servant." Reason: "He puts his trust in thee," Psalms 86:3.

4. "Be merciful unto me." Reason: "I cry unto thee daily," Psalms 86:4.

5. "Rejoice the soul of thy servant." Reason: "For unto thee do I lift up my soul," Psalms 86:4.

II. A quickening of the petition, drawn from the nature of God.

1. "For thou, Lord, art good," c., Psalms 86:5-6.

2. "I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me," Psalms 86:7.

3. "There is none like unto thee," Psalms 86:8.

4. "Nor any works like unto thy works," Psalms 86:8. This shall be amply proved: for

5. "All nations," now worshipping idols, "shall be converted to thee," Psalms 86:9.

6. "Because thou art great, and doest wondrous things," Psalms 86:10.

On this reason, that there is none like God, -

1. He begs to be governed by his word and Spirit, Psalms 86:11.

2. Promises to praise him for his great mercy, Psalms 86:12-13.

III. He presses another argument taken from his enemies.

1. They were proud: "The proud are risen against me."

2. They were powerful: "The assemblies of violent men."

3. They were ungodly: "They did not set thee before them," Psalms 86:14.

IV. He amplifies his former argument.

1. From the nature of God: "Thou art full of compassion," &c., Psalms 86:15.

2. From his own condition: "Turn unto me and have mercy upon me," Psalms 86:16.

3. From the quality of his adversaries: "Show me a token - that they which hate me may be ashamed," Psalms 86:17.