Psalms 86
1 Bow down your ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
“A prayer of David.” Incline thine ear, O LORD! and hear me, For I am poor and distressed!
2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O you my God, save your servant that trusts in you.
Preserve my life, for I am devoted to thee! Save, O thou my God! thy servant who trusteth in thee!
3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto you daily.
Have pity upon me, O Lord! For to thee do I cry daily!
4 Rejoice the soul of your servant: for unto you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Revive the soul of thy servant, For to thee, O Lord! do I lift up 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, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; Yea, rich in mercy to all that call upon thee!
6 Give ear, O LORD, 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 supplication!
7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon you: for you will answer me.
In the day of my trouble I call upon thee, For thou dost answer me!
8 Among the gods there is none like unto you, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto your works.
Among the gods there is none like thee, O Lord! And there are no works 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 which thou hast made must come and worship before thee, O Lord! And glorify thy name!
10 For you are great, and do wondrous things: you are God alone.
For great art thou, and wondrous are thy works; Thou alone art God!
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, That I may walk in thy truth; Unite all 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 praise thee, O Lord, my God! with my whole heart; I will give glory to thy name for ever!
13 For great is your mercy toward me: and you have delivered my soul from the low hell. (Sheol h7585)
For thy kindness to me hath been great; Thou hast delivered me from the depths of the underworld! (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 proud have risen against me; Bands of cruel men seek my life, And set not thee before their eyes.
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 a God full of compassion and kindness, Long-suffering, rich in mercy 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.
Look upon me, and have compassion upon me! Give thy strength to 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.
Show me a token for good, That my enemies may see it and be confounded; Because thou, O LORD! helpest and comfortest me!
