Psalms 86:4

Rejoice the soul of thy servant,.... With the discoveries of love, of pardoning grace, and mercy, before made sad with sin or sufferings; and with the light of God's countenance, before troubled with…

Rejoice the soul of thy servant - Cause me to rejoice; to wit, by thy gracious interposition, and by delivering me from danger and death. For unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul - Compare the…

This psalm was published under the title of a prayer of David; not as if David sung all his prayers, but into some of his songs he inserted prayers; for a psalm will admit the expressions of any pious…

Rejoice&c. Cp. Psa 90:15.

for unto thee&c. From Psa 25:1. God alone is the object of his desires, his aspirations, his prayers. Cp. Psa 143:8; Lam 3:41.