Psalms 86

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

A prayer for David himself. Incline thy 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: save thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in thee.

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

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to thee all the day.

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

Give joy to the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul.

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

For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

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

Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer: and attend to the voice of my petition.

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

I have called upon thee in the day of my trouble: because thou hast heard me.

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

There is none among the gods like unto thee, O Lord: and there is none according to thy 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 thou hast made shall come and adore before thee, O Lord: and they shall glorify thy name.

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

For thou art great and dost wonderful things: thou art God alone.

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.

Conduct me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth: let my heart rejoice that it may fear thy 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 praise thee, O Lord my God: with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for ever:

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

For thy mercy is great towards me: and thou hast delivered my soul out of the lower 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 wicked are risen up against me, and the assembly of the mighty have sought my soul: and they have not set thee before their eyes.

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

And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.

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

O look upon me, and have mercy on me: give thy command to thy servant, and save the son of thy 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.

Shew me a token for good: that they who hate me may see, and be confounded, because thou, O Lord, hast helped me and hast comforted me.