Psalm 86 "UNITY" Their Is But -
I. ONE SOVEREIGN - 1-10
1. The Seeker - Hear Me:
His Reverence - 1 Bow down thine ear, O Lord,
His Request - O LORD, hear me
His Recognition - for I am poor and needy.
His Condition - for I am poor,
His Contrition - and needy.
His Confession - for I am poor and needy.
2. The Shelter - Hide Me
His Defiance - 2 Preserve my soul;,
His Defence - for I am holy:
His Deference - O thou my God,
His Dependence - save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
3. The Saviour - Hold Me - He Seeks -
Our Supplication - 3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily
Our Satisfaction - 4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant:
Our Salvation - 4 for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
4. The Supplier - Help Me
His Perfection - 5 For thou, Lord, art good,
His Pardon - and ready to forgive;
His Patience - and plenteous in mercy
His Power - unto all them that call upon thee.
His Perception - He Hears
When we Call - 6 Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer;
and attend to the voice of my supplications.
Why we Call - 7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
What we Call - 8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord
neither are there any works like unto thy works.
While we Call - 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee,
O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. 10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things:
thou art God alone
II. ONE SONG - 11-13 Of -
God's Word -
11 Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
God's Worship -
12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: I will glorify thy name for evermore.
God's Work -
13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
III. ONE SAVIOUR - 14-17
A. Our Adversaries - Their -
Pride - 14 O God, the proud are risen against me,
Passion - and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul
Presumption - and have not set thee before them.
B. Our Advocate -
His Lordship - 15 But thou, O Lord, art a God
His Love - full of compassion, and gracious
His Longsuffering - longsuffering,
His Liberty - and plenteous in mercy and truth.
C. Our Advocacy -
A Divine Support - 16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me;
A Divine Strength - give thy strength unto thy servant,
A Divine Salvation - and save the son of thine handmaid.
A Divine Surety -
Signs will be Confirmed - 17 Shew me a token for good;
Slander will be Confounded - that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed:
Salvation will be Confessed - because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
