Psalms 86
1 Bow down your ear, O LORD, hear 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 holy: O you my God, save your servant that trusts in you.
Preserve my soul; for I am pious: help thy servant, O thou my God, that trusteth in thee.
3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto you daily.
Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee I call all the time.
4 Rejoice the soul of your servant: for unto you, O Lord, do 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, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; and abundant in mercy unto all them that call upon you.
For thou, O Lord, art good and forgiving, and abundant in kindness unto all that call on thee.
6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.
7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon you: for you will answer me.
On the day of my distress will I call on thee; for thou wilt answer me.
8 Among the gods there is none like unto you, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto your works.
There is none like unto thee among the Gods, O Lord; and there is nothing like thy works.
9 All nations whom you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord; and shall 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 do wondrous things: you are God alone.
For great art thou, and doing wondrous things: thou art God by thyself alone.
11 Teach me your way, O LORD; I will walk in your truth: unite my heart to 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: and I will glorify your name for evermore.
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 mercy toward me: and you have delivered my soul from the low hell. (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 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set you before them.
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 God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and abundant in mercy and truth.
But thou, O Lord, art God, full of mercy, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in kindness and truth.
16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give your strength unto your servant, and save the son of your handmaid.
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 token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because you, 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.
