Psalms 86

1 A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I [am] poor and needy.

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

2 Preserve my soul; for I [am] holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

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

3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.

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

4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O 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 plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

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

6 Give ear, O LORD, 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 trouble 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, O Lord; neither [are there any works] 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 alone.

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

11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; 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 all my 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 mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. (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 assemblies of violent [men] have sought after my soul; and 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, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

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

16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon 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: because thou, LORD, hast holpen 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!