Psalms 86
1 Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
“A prayer of David.” Incline, O Lord, thy ear, answer me; for poor and needy am I.
2 Preserve my soul, for I am devout. O thou my God, save thy servant who trusts in thee.
Preserve my soul; for I am pious: help thy servant, O thou my God, that trusteth in thee.
3 Be merciful to me, O Lord, for to thee do I cry all the day long.
Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee I call all the time.
4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Cause to rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift my soul.
5 For thou, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in loving kindness to all those who call upon thee.
For thou, O Lord, art good and forgiving, and abundant in kindness unto all that call on thee.
6 Give ear, O Jehovah, to my prayer, and hearken to the voice of my supplications.
Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.
7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee, for thou will answer me.
On the day of my distress will I call on thee; for thou wilt answer me.
8 There is none like thee among the gods, O Lord, nor like thy works.
There is none like unto thee among the Gods, O Lord; and there is nothing like thy works.
9 All nations whom thou have made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and they shall glorify thy name.
All the nations whom thou hast made shall come and bow themselves down before thee, O Lord; and they shall ascribe honor unto thy name.
10 For thou are great, and do wondrous things. Thou alone are God.
For great art thou, and doing wondrous things: thou art God by thyself alone.
11 Teach me thy way, O Jehovah, I will walk in thy truth. Unite my heart to fear thy name.
Teach me, O Lord, thy way; I will walk firmly in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will honor thy name for evermore.
13 For great is thy loving kindness toward me, and thou have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
For thy kindness is great toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the grave of the lower world. (Sheol h7585)
14 O God, the proud have risen up against me, and a company of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before them.
O God, the presumptuous are risen up against me, and the assembly of the powerful wicked have sought after my life, and have not set thee before them.
15 But thou, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
But thou, O Lord, art God, full of mercy, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in kindness and truth.
16 O turn to me, and have mercy upon me. Give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.
Oh turn unto me, and be gracious unto me: give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.
17 Show me a sign for good, that those who hate me may see it, and be put to shame, because thou, Jehovah, have helped me, and comforted me.
Display on me a sign for good, that those who hate me may see it, and be ashamed; because thou, Lord, hast helped me, and comforted me.
