Psalms 86

1 A Prayer by David. Hear, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

2 Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.

Preserve my soul, for I am devout. O thou my God, save thy servant who trusts in thee.

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

Be merciful to me, O Lord, for to thee do I cry all the day long.

4 Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

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

5 For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

For thou, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in loving kindness to all those who call upon thee.

6 Hear, LORD, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions.

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

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

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

8 There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.

There is none like thee among the gods, O Lord, nor like thy works.

9 All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.

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

10 For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.

For thou are great, and do wondrous things. Thou alone are God.

11 Teach me your way, LORD. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.

Teach me thy way, O Jehovah, I will walk 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 forever more.

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify 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 great is thy loving kindness toward me, and thou have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

14 God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don’t hold regard for you before them.

O God, the proud have risen up against me, and a company of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before them.

15 But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

But thou, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

16 Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your servant.

O turn to me, and have mercy upon me. Give thy strength to 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, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me.

Show me a sign for good, that those who hate me may see it, and be put to shame, because thou, Jehovah, have helped me, and comforted me.