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 thine ear, O LORD! and hear me, For I am poor and distressed!

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

Preserve my life, for I am devoted to thee! Save, O thou my God! thy servant who trusteth in thee!

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

Have pity upon me, O Lord! For to thee do I cry daily!

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

Revive 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, art good, and ready to forgive; Yea, rich 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 supplication!

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

In the day of my trouble I call upon thee, For thou dost answer me!

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

Among the gods there is none like thee, O Lord! And there are no works 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 which thou hast made must come and worship before thee, O Lord! And glorify thy name!

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

For great art thou, and wondrous are thy works; Thou alone art God!

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, That I may walk in thy truth; Unite all 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; I will give glory to 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 kindness to me hath been great; Thou hast delivered me from the depths of the underworld! (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 against me; Bands of cruel men seek my life, And set not thee before their eyes.

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

But thou, O Lord! art a God full of compassion and kindness, Long-suffering, rich in mercy and truth!

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

Look upon me, and have compassion 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 token for good, That my enemies may see it and be confounded; Because thou, O LORD! helpest and comfortest me!