Psalms 86:2

“Preserve my soul, etc.] Or life, which Saul sought after; and this prayer was heard: David was often remarkably preserved by the Lord from his attempts upon him; and so was the soul or life of Christ preserved in his infancy from Herod’s malice; in the wilderness from wild beasts, and from perishing with hunger; and often from the designs of the Jews, to take away his life before his time; and he was supported in death, preserved from corruption in the grave, and raised from thence: instances there are of his praying for the preservation of his life, with submission to the will of God, in which he was heard, (<402639>Matthew 26:39,49 <431227>John 12:27 <580507> Hebrews 5:7). The Lord is not…”

“Preserve my soul - Preserve, or keep, my life; for so the word rendered soul means in this place, as it does commonly in the Scriptures. For I am holy - Margin, “One whom thou favorest.” The Hebrew word - חסיד châsı̂yd - means properly, benevolent, kind; then, good, merciful, gracious; and then pious, godly. Psalms 30:4; Psalms 31:23; Psalms 37:28. The ground of the plea here is, that he was a friend of God; and that it was proper on that account to look to him for protection. He does not say that he was holy in such a sense that he had a claim on that account to the favor of God, or that his personal holiness was a ground of salvation; but the idea is, that he had devoted himself to God,…”

“Holy - Sincerely devoted to thy service. Psalms 86:11”

“Preserve: Psa 4:3, Psa 37:28, Psa 119:94; Sa1 2:9; Joh 10:27-29, Joh 17:11; Pe1 5:3-5 holy: or, one whom thou favourest, Psa 18:19; Deu 7:7, Deu 7:8; Rom 9:18, Rom 9:23, Rom 9:24 save: Psa 119:124, Psa 119:125, Psa 143:12; Joh 12:26 trusteth: Psa 13:5, Psa 16:1, Psa 31:1; Isa 26:3, Isa 26:4; Rom 15:12, Rom 15:13; Eph 1:12, Eph 1:13 Psalms 86:3”