4 Bring joy to your servant, Lord, for I put my trust in you.
4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
4 Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
4 Give your servant a happy life; I put myself in your hands!
4 Rejoice the soul of Your servant, For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
4 Give me happiness, OÂ Lord, for I give myself to you.
8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing.
8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
8 I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;
8 Since prayer is at the bottom of all this, what I want mostly is for men to pray - not shaking angry fists at enemies but raising holy hands to God.
8 I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting;
8 In every place of worship, I want men to pray with holy hands lifted up to God, free from anger and controversy.
(Read 1 Timothy 2:8-15)
Under the gospel, prayer is not to be confined to any one particular house of prayer, but men must pray every where. We must pray in our closets, pray in our families, pray at our meals, pray when we are on journeys, and pray in the solemn assemblies, whether more public or private. We must pray in charity; without wrath, or malice, or anger at any person. We must pray in faith, without doubting, and without disputing. Women who profess the Christian religion, must be modest in apparel, not affecting gaudiness, gaiety, or costliness. Good works are the best ornament; these are, in the sight of God, of great price. Modesty and neatness are more to be consulted in garments than elegance and fashion. And it would be well if the professors of serious godliness were wholly free from vanity in dress. They should spend more time and money in relieving the sick and distressed, than in decorating themselves and their children. To do this in a manner unsuitable to their rank in life, and their profession of godliness, is sinful. These are not trifles, but Divine commands. The best ornaments for professors of godliness, are good works. According to St. Paul, women are not allowed to be public teachers in the church; for teaching is an office of authority. But good women may and ought to teach their children at home the principles of true religion. Also, women must not think themselves excused from learning what is necessary to salvation, though they must not usurp authority. As woman was last in the creation, which is one reason for her subjection, so she was first in the transgression. But there is a word of comfort; that those who continue in sobriety, shall be saved in child-bearing, or with child-bearing, by the Messiah, who was born of a woman. And the especial sorrow to which the female sex is subject, should cause men to exercise their authority with much gentleness, tenderness, and affection.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 86:4
Commentary on Psalm 86:1-7
(Read Psalm 86:1-7)
Our poverty and wretchedness, when felt, powerfully plead in our behalf at the throne of grace. The best self-preservation is to commit ourselves to God's keeping. I am one whom thou favourest, hast set apart for thyself, and made partaker of sanctifying grace. It is a great encouragement to prayer, to feel that we have received the converting grace of God, have learned to trust in him, and to be his servants. We may expect comfort from God, when we keep up our communion with God. God's goodness appears in two things, in giving and forgiving. Whatever others do, let us call upon God, and commit our case to him; we shall not seek in vain.