Psalms, 86

1. [Prayer Of David] Listen to me, Yahweh, answer me, for I am poor and needy.

1. <A Prayer of David.> Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I [am] poor and needy.

2. Guard me, for I am faithful, save your servant who relies on you. You are my God,

2. Preserve my soul; for I [am] holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

3. take pity on me, Lord, for to you I cry all the day.

3. Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.

4. Fill your servant's heart with joy, Lord, for to you I raise up my heart.

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

5. Lord, you are kind and forgiving, rich in faithful love for all who call upon you.

5. For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

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

6. Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.

7. In my day of distress I call upon you, because you answer me, Lord;

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

8. among the gods there is none to compare with you, no great deeds to compare with yours.

8. Among the gods [there is] none like unto thee, O Lord; neither [are there any works] like unto thy works.

9. All nations will come and adore you, Lord, and give glory to your name.

9. 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 marvellous deeds, you, God, and none other.

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

11. Teach me, Yahweh, your ways, that I may not stray from your loyalty; let my heart's one aim be to fear your name.

11. Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

12. I thank you with all my heart, Lord my God, I will glorify your name for ever,

12. I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

13. for your faithful love for me is so great that you have rescued me from the depths of Sheol.

13. For great [is] thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

14. Arrogant men, God, are rising up against me, a brutal gang is after my life, in their scheme of things you have no place.

14. O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent [men] have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

15. But you, Lord, God of tenderness and mercy, slow to anger, rich in faithful love and loyalty,

15. But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

16. turn to me and pity me. Give to your servant your strength, to the child of your servant your saving help,

16. O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

17. give me a sign of your kindness.

17. Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see [it], and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.

18. My enemies will see to their shame that you, Yahweh, help and console me.

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