“Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.”
The emotional dimension is expressed: "Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul." The lifting of the soul to God suggests vulnerability and openness; the petition for gladness requests that God transform the emotional state of the supplic ant from distress to joy.
Church Fathers on Psalms 86:4
1. No greater gift could God have given to men than in making His Word, by which He created all things, their Head, and joining them to Him as His members: that the Son of God might become also the Son of man, one God with the Father, one Man with men; so that when we speak to God in prayer for mercy, we do not separate the Son from Him; and when the Body of the Son prays, it separates not its Head from itself: and it is one Saviour of His Body, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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