Psalms 86-90

¹A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me; For I am poor and needy.

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

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

³Be merciful unto me, O Lord; For unto thee do I cry all the day long.

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

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

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

⁵For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness unto all them that call upon thee.

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

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

⁶Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer; And hearken unto the voice of my supplications.

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

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

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

⁸There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord; Neither are there any works like unto thy works.

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

⁹All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; And they shall glorify thy name.

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

⁹All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

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

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

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

¹²I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; And I will glorify thy name for evermore.

¹³For great is thy lovingkindness toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

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

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

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.

¹⁵But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

¹⁶Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; Give thy strength unto thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid.

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.

¹⁴O 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.

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

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

¹⁷Shew 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.

¹A Psalm of the sons of Korah; a Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains.

²Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob.

¹A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation is in the holy mountains.

²The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

³Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah

³Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

⁴I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among them that know me: Behold, Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: This one was born there.

⁴I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.

⁵Yea, of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her; And the Most High himself will establish her.

⁵And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.

⁶Jehovah will count, when he writeth up the peoples, This one was born there. Selah

⁷They that sing as well as they that dance shall say, All my fountains are in thee.

⁶The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.

⁷As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.

¹A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.

²Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry.

³For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.

¹A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

²Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

³For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

⁴I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,

⁴I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

⁵Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand.

⁶Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.

⁷Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah

⁵Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

⁶Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

⁷Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

⁸Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

⁹Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee.

⁸Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

⁹Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

¹⁰Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? Selah

¹¹Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?

¹²Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

¹³But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

¹⁰Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

¹¹Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

¹²Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

¹³But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

¹⁴Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?

¹⁵I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

¹⁶Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

¹⁷They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.

¹⁸Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness.

¹⁴LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

¹⁵I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

¹⁶Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

¹⁷They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

¹⁸Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

¹Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

¹Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

²For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.

³I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:

²For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

³I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

⁴Thy seed will I establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations. Selah

⁴Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

⁵And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah; Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

⁵And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

⁶For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,

⁶For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

⁷A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that are round about him?

⁸O Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

⁹Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

⁷God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

⁸O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

⁹Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

¹⁰Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

¹⁰Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

¹¹The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

¹²The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.

¹¹The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

¹²The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

¹³Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

¹⁴Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.

¹³Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

¹⁴Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

¹⁵Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

¹⁶In thy name do they rejoice all the day; And in thy righteousness are they exalted.

¹⁷For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.

¹⁸For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

¹⁶In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

¹⁷For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

¹⁸For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

¹⁹Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

²⁰I have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him: ²¹With whom my hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.

²²The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

¹⁹Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

²⁰I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

²¹With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

²²The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

²³And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.

²⁴But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my name shall his horn be exalted.

²³And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

²⁴But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

²⁵I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.

²⁶He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.

²⁵I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

²⁶He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

²⁷I also will make him my first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth.

²⁸My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.

²⁹His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven.

²⁷Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

²⁸My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

²⁹His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

³⁰If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances; ³¹If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments; ³²Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.

³³But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

³⁰If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

³¹If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

³²Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

³³Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

³⁴My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

³⁵Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David: ³⁶His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.

³⁷It shall be established for ever as the moon, And as the faithful witness in the sky. Selah

³⁴My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

³⁵Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

³⁶His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.

³⁷It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

³⁸But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

³⁹Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

⁴⁰Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

⁴¹All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.

⁴²Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

⁴³Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.

⁴⁴Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.

⁴⁵The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah

⁴⁶How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long shall thy wrath burn like fire?

³⁸But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

³⁹Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

⁴⁰Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

⁴¹All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

⁴²Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

⁴³Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

⁴⁴Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

⁴⁵The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

⁴⁶How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

⁴⁷Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!

⁴⁷Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

⁴⁸What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

⁴⁹Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

⁴⁸What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

⁴⁹Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

⁵⁰Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty peoples, ⁵¹Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

⁵²Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

⁵⁰Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

⁵¹Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

⁵²Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

¹A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place In all generations.

¹A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

²Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

²Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

³Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.

⁴For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.

³Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

⁴For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

⁵Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

⁶In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

⁷For we are consumed in thine anger, And in thy wrath are we troubled.

⁵Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

⁶In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

⁷For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

⁸Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

⁹For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

¹⁰The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.

⁸Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

⁹For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

¹⁰The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

¹¹Who knoweth the power of thine anger, And thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto thee?

¹²So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.

¹¹Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

¹²So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

¹³Return, O Jehovah; how long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

¹⁴Oh satisfy us in the morning with thy lovingkindness, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

¹⁵Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, And the years wherein we have seen evil.

¹⁶Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory upon their children.

¹³Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

¹⁴O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

¹⁵Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

¹⁶Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

¹⁷And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

¹⁷And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.