Psalms 86

1 A prayer of David. Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

A prayer for David himself. Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am needy and poor.

2 Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.

Preserve my soul, for I am holy: save thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in thee.

3 Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I call to You all day long.

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to thee all the day.

4 Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

Give joy to the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul.

5 For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.

For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

6 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy.

Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer: and attend to the voice of my petition.

7 In the day of my distress I call on You, because You answer me.

I have called upon thee in the day of my trouble: because thou hast heard me.

8 O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.

There is none among the gods like unto thee, O Lord: and there is none according to thy works.

9 All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.

All the nations thou hast made shall come and adore before thee, O Lord: and they shall glorify thy name.

10 For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.

For thou art great and dost wonderful things: thou art God alone.

11 Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.

Conduct me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth: let my heart rejoice that it may fear thy name.

12 I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever.

I will praise thee, O Lord my God: with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for ever:

13 For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

For thy mercy is great towards me: and thou hast delivered my soul out of the lower hell. (Sheol h7585)

14 The arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, with no regard for You.

O God, the wicked are risen up against me, and the assembly of the mighty have sought my soul: and they have not set thee before their eyes.

15 But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.

And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.

16 Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant.

O look upon me, and have mercy on me: give thy command to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.

17 Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

Shew me a token for good: that they who hate me may see, and be confounded, because thou, O Lord, hast helped me and hast comforted me.