Bow down your ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
All Commentaries on Psalms 86:1 Go To Psalms 86
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
David. He might compose this psalm under any affliction, though prayer is always necessary (Berthier) for any person. (Worthington)
Others apply it to Ezechias, (Theodoret) the captives, or the Church. (Calmet)
Jesus Christ prays during his passion, and foretells his resurrection, and the vocation of the Gentiles. (St. Augustine)
Needy. Hebrew, "mild or afflicted. "Humility is requisite to pray well, as those who think themselves rich, ask not with fervour. (Calmet)
God "inclines his ear if thou dost not lift up thy neck. "(St. Augustine)