| Geneva Study Bible {h} Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. (h) He confesses himself ignorant till God has taught him, and his heart variable and separate from God, till God join it to him, and confirm it in his obedience. Wesley's Notes 86:11 Truth - In the way of thy precepts, which are true and right in all things. My heart - Knit my whole heart to thyself. Scofield Reference Notes Margin fear See Scofield Note: "Ps 19:9". Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 11. Teach-Show, point out. the way-of Providence. walk in thy truth-according to its declarations. unite my heart-fix all my affections (Ps 12:2; Jas 4:8). to fear thy name-(compare Ps 86:12) to honor Thy perfections. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 86:8-17 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 more desirous to be taught the way and the truth of God, in order to walk therein, than to be delivered out of earthly distress. Those who set not the Lord before them, seek after believers' souls; but the compassion, mercy, and truth of God, will be their refuge and consolation. And those whose parents were the servants of the Lord, may urge this as a plea why he should hear and help them. In considering 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 through his poverty might be rich. | 
