SEV Biblia, Chapter 86:16
mira en mi, y ten misericordia de mí; da fortaleza tuya a tu siervo, y guarda al hijo de tu sierva.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Psalms 85:16
Verse 16. O turn unto me ] He represents himself as following after God; but he cannot overtake him; and then he plays that he would turn and meet him through pity; or give him strength that he might be able to hold on his race. Give thy strength unto thy servant ] The Vulgate renders, Daniel imperium tuum puero tuo, "Give thy empire to thy child." The old Psalter. "Gyf empyre to thi barne, and make safe the son of thi hand mayden. Thi barne-thy tender child. [A. S.] or [A. S.], Anglo-Saxon; thy knave; signifying either a serving man or a male child. As many servants were found to be purloiners of their masters' property, hence the word [A. S.], and [A. S.], and knave, became the title of an unprincipled servant.
The term fur, which signifies a thief in Latin, for the same reason became the appellative of a dishonest servant.
Quid domini facient, audent cum talia FURES? When servants (thieves) do such things, what may not be expected from the masters? VIRG. Ecl. iii. 16.
SO PLAUTUS, speaking of a servant, Aulul. ii. 46, says: Homo es trium literarum, "Thou art a man of three letters," i.e., FUR, a thief. The word knave is still in use, but is always taken in a bad sense. The paraphrase in the old Psalter states the handmaid to be the kirk, and the son of this handmaid to be a true believer.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 8-17 - Our God alone possesses almighty power and infinite love. Christ is the way and the truth. And the believing soul will be more desirous to be taught the way and the truth. And the believing soul will be mor desirous to be taught the way and the truth of God, in order to wal therein, than to be delivered out of earthly distress. Those who se not the Lord before them, seek after believers' souls; but the compassion, mercy, and truth of God, will be their refuge an consolation. And those whose parents were the servants of the Lord, ma urge this as a plea why he should hear and help them. In considerin David's experience, and that of the believer, we must not lose sight of Him, who though he was rich, for our sakes became poor, that we throug his poverty might be rich __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
פנה 6437 אלי 413 וחנני 2603 תנה 5414 עזך 5797 לעבדך 5650 והושׁיעה 3467 לבן 1121 אמתך׃ 519
