Psalms 86

1 A PRAYER OF DAVID. Incline, O YHWH, Your ear, Answer 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 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: save thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in thee.

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

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

4 Make glad the soul of Your servant, For to You, O Lord, I lift 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, Lord, [are] good and forgiving, And abundant in kindness to all calling You.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11 Show me, O YHWH, Your way, I walk in Your truth, My heart rejoices to 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 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 ever:

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

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

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

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.