Psalms 86

1 A Prayer of David. O Lord, incline your ear, and listen to me; for I am poor and needy.

A Prayer of David himself. Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear me. For I am needy and poor.

2 Preserve my soul, for I am holy; save your servant, O God, who hopes in you.

Preserve my soul, for I am holy. My God, bring salvation to your servant who hopes in you.

3 Pity me, O Lord: for to you will I cry all the day.

O Lord, be merciful to me, for I have cried out to you all day long.

4 Rejoice the sold of your servant: for to you, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul.

Give joy to the soul of your servant, for I have lifted up my soul to you, Lord.

5 For you, O Lord, are kind, and gentle; and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon you.

For you are sweet and mild, Lord, and plentiful in mercy to all who call upon you.

6 Give ear to my prayer, o Lord; and attend to the voice of my supplication.

Pay attention, Lord, to my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplication.

7 In the day of my trouble I cried to you: for you did hear me.

In the day of my tribulation, I cried out to you, because you heeded me.

8 There is none like to you, O Lord, among the god; and there are no [works] like to your works.

There is no one like you among the gods, O Lord, and there is no one like you in your works.

9 All nations whom you have made shall come, and shall worship before you, O Lord; and shall glorify your name.

All the nations, which you have made, will draw near and adore in your presence, O Lord. And they will glorify your name.

10 For you are great, and do wonders: you are the only [and] the great God.

For you are great, and you perform wonders. You alone are God.

11 Guide me, O Lord, in your way, and I will walk in your truth: let my heart rejoice, that I may fear your name.

Lead me, O Lord, in your way, and I will walk in your truth. May my heart rejoice, so that it will fear your name.

12 I will give you thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart; and I will glorify your name for ever.

I will confess to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart. And I will glorify your name in eternity.

13 For your mercy is great toward me; and you have delivered my soul from the lowest hell. (Sheol h7585)

For your mercy toward me is great, and you have rescued my soul from the lower part of Hell. (Sheol h7585)

14 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.

O God, the iniquitous have risen up against me, and the synagogue of the powerful have sought my soul, and they have not placed you in their sight.

15 But you, O Lord God, are compassionate and merciful, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and true.

And you, Lord God, are compassionate and merciful, being patient and full of mercy and truthful.

16 Look you upon me, and have mercy upon me: give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your handmaid.

Look down upon me and have mercy on me. Grant your authority to your servant, and bring salvation to the son of your handmaid.

17 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.

Make me a sign of what is good, so that those who hate me, may look and be confounded. For you, O Lord, have helped me and consoled me.