Psalms 86

1 A prayer of David. Listen, Yahweh, and answer me, for I am poor and oppressed.

A prayer for David himself. Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am needy and poor.

2 Protect me, for I am loyal; my God, save your servant who trusts in you.

Preserve my soul, for I am holy: save thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in thee.

3 Be merciful to me, Lord, for I cry out to you all day long.

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

4 Make your servant glad, for to you, 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 You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and you show great mercy to all those who cry out to you.

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

6 Yahweh, listen to my prayer; hear the sound of my pleas.

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

7 In the day of my trouble I call on you, for you will answer me.

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

8 There is no one who compares to you among the gods, Lord. There are no deeds like your deeds.

There is none among the gods like unto thee, O Lord: and there is none according to thy works.

9 All the nations that you have made will come and bow before you, Lord. They will honor 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 do wonderful things; you only are God.

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

11 Teach me your ways, Yahweh. Then I will walk in your truth. Unite my heart to reverence you.

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 Lord my God, I will praise you with my whole heart; I will glorify your name forever.

I will praise thee, O Lord my God: with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for ever:

13 For great is your covenant faithfulness toward me; you have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

For thy mercy is great towards me: and thou hast delivered my soul out of the lower hell. (Sheol h7585)

14 God, the arrogant have risen up against me. A gang of violent men seek my life. They have no regard for you.

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 But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness.

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

16 Turn toward me and have mercy on me; give your strength to your servant; save the son of your servant woman.

O look upon me, and have mercy on me: give thy command to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.

17 Show me a sign of your favor. Then those who hate me will see it and be put to shame because you, Yahweh, have helped me and 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.