Psalms 86

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

“A prayer of David.” Incline, O Lord, thy ear, answer me; for poor and needy am I.

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 pious: help thy servant, O thou my God, that trusteth in thee.

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

Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee I call all the time.

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

Cause to rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift my soul.

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

For thou, O Lord, art good and forgiving, and abundant in kindness unto all that call on thee.

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

Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.

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

On the day of my distress will I call on thee; for thou wilt answer me.

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

There is none like unto thee among the Gods, O Lord; and there is nothing 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 the nations whom thou hast made shall come and bow themselves down before thee, O Lord; and they shall ascribe honor unto thy name.

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

For great art thou, and doing wondrous things: thou art God by thyself alone.

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

Teach me, O Lord, thy way; I will walk firmly 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 thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will honor 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 thy kindness is great toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the grave of the lower world. (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 presumptuous are risen up against me, and the assembly of the powerful wicked have sought after my life, 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, art God, full of mercy, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in 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.

Oh turn unto me, and be gracious unto me: give thy strength unto 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!

Display on me a sign for good, that those who hate me may see it, and be ashamed; because thou, Lord, hast helped me, and comforted me.