Psalms 86

1 A PRAYER OF DAVID. Incline, O YHWH, Your ear, Answer 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 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 holy. My God, bring salvation to your servant who hopes in you.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9 All nations that You have made Come and bow themselves before You, O Lord, And give honor to 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 doing wonders, You [are] God alone.

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

11 Show me, O YHWH, Your way, I walk in Your truth, My heart rejoices to 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 confess You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I honor Your Name for all time.

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

13 For Your kindness [is] great toward me, And You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. (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, 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 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 And You, O Lord, [are] God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth.

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

16 Look to me, and favor me, Give Your strength to Your servant, And give salvation to a 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 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!

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.