Psalm 86:14-16

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Psalm 86:14 tn Heb “rise up against me.”
2. Psalm 86:14 tn Or “assembly.”
3. Psalm 86:14 tn Heb “seek my life and do not set you before them.” See Ps 54:3.
4. Psalm 86:15 tn Heb “slow to anger.”
5. Psalm 86:15 tn Heb “and great of loyal love and faithfulness.”sn The psalmist’s confession of faith in this verse echoes Exod 34:6.
6. Psalm 86:16 tn Heb “the son of your female servant.” The phrase “son of a female servant” (see also Ps 116:16) is used of a son born to a secondary wife or concubine (Exod 23:12). In some cases the child’s father is the master of the house (see Gen 21:10, 13; Judg 9:18). The phrase may be used metaphorically and idiomatically to emphasize the psalmist’s humility before the Lord and his status as the Lord’s servant. Or it may be a reference to the psalmist’s own mother who also was a servant of the Lord.