Psalms 86

1 A Prayer of David. Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me; for I am afflicted and needy.

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

2 Keep my soul, for I am godly; O thou my God, save thy servant who confideth in thee.

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

3 Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee do I call all the day.

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

4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, Lord, do 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 thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and art of great loving-kindness unto all that call upon thee.

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

6 Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.

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

7 In the day of my distress I will call upon thee, for thou wilt answer me.

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

8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, Lord, and there is nothing like unto thy works.

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

9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name.

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

10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God, thou alone.

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

11 Teach me thy way, Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy 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 thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

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

13 For great is thy loving-kindness toward me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

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

14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assembly of the violent seek after my soul, and they have not set thee before them.

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 thou, Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth.

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

16 Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

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

17 Shew me a token for good, that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed; for thou, Jehovah, hast 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.