SEV Biblia, Chapter 86:17
Haz conmigo señal para bien, y véanla los que me aborrecen, y sean avergonzados; porque tú, SEÑOR, me ayudaste, y me consolaste.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Psalms 85:17
Verse 17. Show me a token for good ] ywa ym[ h[ aseh immi oth "Make with me a sign." Fix the honourabie mark of thy name upon me, that I may be known to be thy servant. There seems to be an allusion here to the marking of a slave, to ascertain whose property he was. The Anglo-Saxon, [A. S.] on [A. S.], "do with me a token in good.' Old Psalter: "Do with me signe in gude". From [A. S.] taen we have our word token, which signifies a sign, mark, or remembrancer of something beyond itself; a pledge that something, then specified, shall be done or given. Give me, from the influence of thy Spirit in my heart, a pledge that the blessings which I now ask shall be given in due time. But he wished for such a sign as his enemies might see; that they might know God to be his helper, and be confounded when they sought his destruction. ANALYSIS OF THE EIGHTY-SIXTH PSALM
This Psalms is a continued prayer, and may be divided into four parts: - I. The first part is a petition for safety, drawn from his own person, ver. 1-4.
II. The second, a quickening of the same petition, drawn from the person and nature of God, ver. 5-13.
III. The third, taken from the quality of his adversaries, ver. 14.
IV. The fourth, a conjunction of all these three; the first, ver. 15; the second, ver. 16; the third, ver. 17.
I. The reasons of his petition, drawn from himself.
1. "Bow down thine ear." Reason: "I am poor and needy," ver. 1.
2. "Preserve my soul." Reason: "I am holy," or merciful, ver. 2.
3. "Save thy servant." Reason: "He puts his trust in thee," ver. 3.
4. "Be merciful unto me." Reason: "I cry unto thee daily," ver. 4.
5. "Rejoice the soul of thy servant." Reason: "For unto thee do I lift up my soul," ver. 4.
II. A quickening of the petition, drawn from the nature of God.
1. "For thou, Lord, art good," &c., ver. 5, 6.
2. "I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me," ver. 7.
3. "There is none like unto thee," ver. 8.
4. "Nor any works like unto thy works," ver. 8. This shall be amply proved: for, 5. "All nations," now worshipping idols, "shall be converted to thee," ver. 9.
6. "Because thou art great, and doest wondrous things," ver. 10.
On this reason, that there is none like God: - 1. He begs to be governed by his word and Spirit, ver. 11.
2. Promises to praise him for his great mercy, ver. 12, 13.
III. He presses another argument taken from his enemies.
1. They were proud: "The proud are risen against me." 2. They were powerful: "The assemblies of violent men." 3. They were ungodly: "They did not set thee before them," ver. 14.
IV. He amplifies his former argument.
1. From the nature of God: "Thou art full of compassion," &c., ver. 15.
2. From his own condition: "Turn unto me and have mercy upon me," ver. 16.
3. From the quality of his adversaries: "Show me a token-that they which hate me may be ashamed," ver. 17.
