Psalms 86

1 A PRAYER OF DAVID. Incline, O YHWH, Your ear, Answer me, for I [am] poor and needy.

Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

2 Keep my soul, for I [am] pious, Save Your servant who is trusting to You, O You, my God.

Preserve my soul, for I am devout. O thou my God, save thy servant who trusts in thee.

3 Favor me, O Lord, for I call to You all the day.

Be merciful to me, O Lord, for to thee do I cry all the day long.

4 Make glad the soul of Your servant, For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

Rejoice the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

5 For You, Lord, [are] good and forgiving, And abundant in kindness to all calling You.

For thou, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in loving kindness to all those who call upon thee.

6 Hear, O YHWH, my prayer, And attend to the voice of my supplications.

Give ear, O Jehovah, to my prayer, and hearken to the voice of my supplications.

7 In a day of my distress I call You, For You answer me.

In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee, for thou will answer me.

8 There is none like You among the gods, O Lord, And like Your works there are none.

There is none like thee among the gods, O Lord, nor like thy works.

9 All nations that You have made Come and bow themselves before You, O Lord, And give honor to Your Name.

All nations whom thou have made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and they shall glorify thy name.

10 For You [are] great, and doing wonders, You [are] God alone.

For thou are great, and do wondrous things. Thou alone are God.

11 Show me, O YHWH, Your way, I walk in Your truth, My heart rejoices to fear Your Name.

Teach me thy way, O Jehovah, I will walk in thy truth. Unite my heart to fear thy name.

12 I confess You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I honor Your Name for all time.

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

13 For Your kindness [is] great toward me, And You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

For great is thy loving kindness toward me, and thou have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

14 O God, the proud have risen up against me, And a company of the terrible sought my soul, And have not placed You before them,

O God, the proud have risen up against me, and a company of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before them.

15 And You, O Lord, [are] God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth.

But thou, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

16 Look to me, and favor me, Give Your strength to Your servant, And give salvation to a son of Your handmaid.

O turn to me, and have mercy upon me. Give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.

17 Do with me a sign for good, And those hating me see and are ashamed, For You, O YHWH, have helped me, Indeed, You have comforted me!

Show me a sign for good, that those who hate me may see it, and be put to shame, because thou, Jehovah, have helped me, and comforted me.