Psalms 86

1 A Prayer. Of David. Let your ears be open to my voice, O Lord, and give me an answer; for I am poor and in need.

A Prayer of David. Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me; for I am afflicted and needy.

2 Keep my soul, for I am true to you; O my God, give salvation to your servant, whose hope is in you.

Keep my soul, for I am godly; O thou my God, save thy servant who confideth in thee.

3 Have mercy on me, O Lord; for my cry goes up to you all the day.

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

4 Make glad the soul of your servant; for it is lifted up to you, O Lord.

Rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

5 You are good, O Lord, and full of forgiveness; your mercy is great to all who make their cry to you.

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and art of great loving-kindness unto all that call upon thee.

6 O Lord, give ear to my prayer; and take note of the sound of my requests.

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

7 In the day of my trouble I send up my cry to you; for you will give me an answer.

In the day of my distress I will call upon thee, for thou wilt answer me.

8 There is no god like you, O Lord; there are no works like your works.

Among the gods there is none like unto thee, Lord, and there is nothing like unto thy works.

9 Let all the nations whom you have made come and give worship to you, O Lord, giving glory to your name.

All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name.

10 For you are great, and do great works of wonder; you only are God.

For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God, thou alone.

11 Make your way clear to me, O Lord; I will go on my way in your faith: let my heart be glad in the fear of 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 praise, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will give glory to your name for ever.

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

13 For your mercy to me is great; you have taken my soul up from the deep places of the underworld. (Sheol h7585)

For great is thy loving-kindness toward me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

14 O God, men of pride have come up against me, and the army of violent men would take my life; they have not put you before them.

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, O Lord, are a God full of pity and forgiveness, slow to get angry, great in mercy and wisdom.

But thou, Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth.

16 O be turned to me and have mercy on me: give your strength to your servant, and your salvation to the son of her who is your servant.

Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

17 Give me a sign for good; so that my haters may see it and be shamed; because you, Lord, have been my help and comfort.

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.