Psalms 86
1 A prayer of David. Incline Your ear, O LORD, 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 godly. You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.
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 I call to You all day long.
Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee I call all the time.
4 Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, 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 You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
For thou, O Lord, art good and forgiving, and abundant in kindness unto all that call on thee.
6 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy.
Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.
7 In the day of my distress I call on You, because You answer me.
On the day of my distress will I call on thee; for thou wilt answer me.
8 O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
There is none like unto thee among the Gods, O Lord; and there is nothing like 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 whom thou hast made shall come and bow themselves down before thee, O Lord; and they shall ascribe honor unto thy name.
10 For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.
For great art thou, and doing wondrous things: thou art God by thyself 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.
Teach me, O Lord, thy way; I will walk firmly in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
12 I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever.
I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will honor thy name for evermore.
13 For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of 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 The arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, with no regard for You.
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 You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
But thou, O Lord, art God, full of mercy, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in kindness and truth.
16 Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant.
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 of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, 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.
