Psalms 86

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

A Prayer of David. Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, Answer me, for I [am] poor and needy.

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

Keep my soul, for I [am] pious, Save Thy servant — who is trusting to Thee, O Thou, my God.

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

Favour me, O Lord, for to Thee I call all the day.

4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

Rejoice the soul of Thy servant, For unto Thee, O Lord, my soul I lift up.

5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and art of great loving-kindness unto all that call upon thee.

For Thou, Lord, [art] good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee.

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

Hear, O Jehovah, my prayer, And attend to the voice of my supplications.

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

In a day of my distress I call Thee, For Thou dost answer me.

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

There is none like Thee among the gods, O Lord, And like Thy works there are none.

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

All nations that Thou hast made Come and bow themselves before Thee, O Lord, And give honour to Thy name.

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

For great [art] Thou, and doing wonders, Thou [art] God Thyself alone.

11 Teach me thy way, Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

Show me, O Jehovah, Thy way, I walk in Thy truth, My heart doth rejoice 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 confess Thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I honour Thy name to the age.

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

For Thy kindness [is] great toward me, And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. (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 proud have risen up against me, And a company of the terrible sought my soul, And have not placed Thee before them,

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

And Thou, O Lord, [art] God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth.

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

Look unto me, and favour me, Give Thy strength to Thy servant, And give salvation to a son of Thine 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.

Do with me a sign for good, And those hating me see and are ashamed, For Thou, O Jehovah, hast helped me, Yea, Thou hast comforted me!