Psalm 86

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.