The Psalms

Psalm 86

A Prayer of David

 ^86:1Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me;

 For I am poor and needy.

 ^86:2Preserve my soul; for I am godly:

 O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

 ^86:3Be merciful unto me, O Lord;

 For unto thee do I cry all the day long.

 ^86:4Rejoice the soul of thy servant;

 For unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

 ^86:5For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive,

 And abundant in lovingkindness unto all them that call upon thee.

 ^86:6Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer;

 And hearken unto the voice of my supplications.

 ^86:7In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee;

 For thou wilt answer me.

 ^86:8There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord;

 Neither are there any works like unto thy works.

 ^86:9All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord;

 And they shall glorify thy name.

 ^86:10For thou art great, and doest wondrous things:

 Thou art God alone.

 ^86:11Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth:

 Unite my heart to fear thy name.

 ^86:12I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart;

 And I will glorify thy name for evermore.

 ^86:13For great is thy lovingkindness toward me;

 And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

 ^86:14O God, the proud are risen up against me,

 And a company of violent men have sought after my soul,

 And have not set thee before them.

 ^86:15But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious,

 Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

 ^86:16Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me;

 Give thy strength unto thy servant,

 And save the son of thy handmaid.

 ^86:17Show me a token for good,

 That they who hate me may see it, and be put to shame,

 Because thou, Jehovah, hast helped me, and comforted me.