Psalms 86
1 A prayer of David. Incline your ear, Lord, and answer me, for I am afflicted and needy.
A Prayer of David. Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me; for I am afflicted and needy.
2 Guard me, for I am loyal: save your servant, who trusts in you.
Keep my soul, for I am godly; O thou my God, save thy servant who confideth in thee.
3 Lord, be gracious to me, for you are my God; I cry to you all the day.
Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee do I call all the day.
4 Gladden the heart of your servant; for to you, Lord, I set my hope.
Rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, Lord, do I lift up my soul.
5 For you, Lord, are good and forgiving, rich in love towards all who call on you.
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and art of great loving-kindness unto all that call upon thee.
6 Listen, O Lord, to my prayer; attend to my plea for mercy.
Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.
7 In the day of my trouble I call on you, with assurance that you will answer me.
In the day of my distress I will call upon thee, for thou wilt answer me.
8 None of the gods is like you, Lord, nor are any works like yours.
Among the gods there is none like unto thee, Lord, and there is nothing like unto thy works.
9 All the nations you have made will come and bow down before you, giving glory, O Lord, to your name.
All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name.
10 For great are you, and a doer of wonders; you alone are God.
For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God, thou alone.
11 Teach me, O Lord, your way, that I may walk in your truth: so my heart shall rejoice in your name.
Teach me thy way, Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
12 I will give you thanks, O Lord, with all my heart, my God, I will honor your name forever.
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
For great is thy loving-kindness toward me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
14 Haughty men have risen up against me, O God, a band of the violent seeking my life, who think nothing of you.
O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assembly of the violent seek after my soul, and they have not set thee before them.
15 But you are a God of pity and grace, patient and rich in kindness and faithfulness; turn to me with your grace, O Lord.
But thou, Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth.
16 Grant your strength to your servant, and save the child of your handmaid.
Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
17 Show me a sign of your favor, which those who hate me may see with confusion, since you, Lord, are my helper and comforter.
Shew me a token for good, that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed; for thou, Jehovah, hast helped me and comforted me.
