Psalms 86
1 [A Prayer by David.] Hear, YHWH, and 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 Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.
Preserve my soul; for I am pious: help thy servant, O thou my God, that trusteth in thee.
3 Be merciful to me, YHWH, for I call to you all day long.
Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee I call all the time.
4 Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, YHWH, do 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, YHWH, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.
For thou, O Lord, art good and forgiving, and abundant in kindness unto all that call on thee.
6 Hear, YHWH, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions.
Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.
7 In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me.
On the day of my distress will I call on thee; for thou wilt answer me.
8 There is no one like you among the gods, YHWH, nor any deeds like your deeds.
There is none like unto thee among the Gods, O Lord; and there is nothing like thy works.
9 All nations you have made will come and worship before you, YHWH. They shall glorify 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 do wondrous things. You are God alone.
For great art thou, and doing wondrous things: thou art God by thyself alone.
11 Teach me your way, YHWH. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided 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 will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forevermore.
I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will honor thy name for evermore.
13 For your loving kindness is great toward me. 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 God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they do not hold regard for 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 But you, YHWH, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
But thou, O Lord, art God, full of mercy, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in kindness and truth.
16 Turn to me, and have mercy on me. Give your strength to your servant. Save the 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 Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, YHWH, have helped me, and 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.
