Six ways to encounter God here
A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Psalms 86:16, and Living Bread opens it right there.
Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.
The web of Scripture around it
Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 12 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.
- Ephesians 6:10
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
- Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
- Isaiah 40:29
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
- Psalms 25:16
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
- Psalms 116:16
O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
- Psalms 138:3
In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
- Ephesians 3:16
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
- Colossians 1:11
Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
- Psalms 28:7
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise …
- Psalms 119:132
Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
- Psalms 90:13
Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
- Psalms 84:5
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
More to meet God in Psalms
How it points to Christ
Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.