< Psalms 86 >
1 A prayer of David. Incline thine eare, O Lord, and heare me: for I am poore and needy.
A Prayer of David. O Lord, incline your ear, and listen to me; for I am poor and needy.
2 Preserue thou my soule, for I am mercifull: my God, saue thou thy seruant, that trusteth in thee.
Preserve my soul, for I am holy; save your servant, O God, who hopes in you.
3 Be mercifull vnto me, O Lord: for I crie vpon thee continually.
Pity me, O Lord: for to you will I cry all the day.
4 Reioyce the soule of thy seruant: for vnto thee, O Lord, doe I lift vp my soule.
Rejoice the sold of your servant: for to you, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul.
5 For thou, Lord, art good and mercifull, and of great kindenes vnto all them, that call vpon thee.
For you, O Lord, are kind, and gentle; and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon you.
6 Giue eare, Lord, vnto my prayer, and hearken to the voyce of my supplication.
Give ear to my prayer, o Lord; and attend to the voice of my supplication.
7 In the day of my trouble I will call vpon thee: for thou hearest me.
In the day of my trouble I cried to you: for you did hear me.
8 Among the gods there is none like thee, O Lord, and there is none that can doe like thy workes.
There is none like to you, O Lord, amongst the god; and there are no [works] like to your works.
9 All nations, whome thou hast made, shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and shall glorifie thy Name.
All nations whom you have made shall come, and shall worship before you, O Lord; and shall glorify your name.
10 For thou art great and doest wonderous things: thou art God alone.
For you are great, and do wonders: you are the only [and] the great God.
11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will walke in thy trueth: knit mine heart vnto thee, that I may feare thy Name.
Guide me, O Lord, in your way, and I will walk in your truth: let my heart rejoice, that I may fear your name.
12 I wil prayse thee, O Lord my God, with all mine heart: yea, I wil glorifie thy Name for euer.
I will give you thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart; and I will glorify your name for ever.
13 For great is thy mercie toward me, and thou hast deliuered my soule from the lowest graue. (Sheol )
For your mercy is great towards me; and you have delivered my soul from the lowest hell. (Sheol )
14 O God, the proude are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men haue sought my soule, and haue not set thee before them.
O God, transgressors have risen up against me, and an assembly of violent [men] have sought my life; and have not set you before them.
15 But thou, O Lord, art a pitifull God and mercifull, slowe to anger and great in kindenes and trueth.
But you, O Lord God, are compassionate and merciful, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and true.
16 Turne vnto me, and haue mercy vpon me: giue thy strength vnto thy seruant, and saue the sonne of thine handmayd.
Look you upon me, and have mercy upon me: give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your handmaid.
17 Shew a token of thy goodnes towarde me, that they which hate me, may see it, and be ashamed, because thou, O Lord, hast holpen me and comforted me.
Establish with me a token for good; and let them that hate me see [it] and be ashamed; because you, O Lord, have helped me, and comforted me.