1LORD, hear me and answer me. I am poor and needy.2Keep my life safe, because I am faithful to you. Save me, because I trust in you. You are my God.3Lord, have mercy on me. I call out to you all day long.4Bring joy to me. Lord, I put my trust in you.5Lord, you are forgiving and good. You are full of love for all who call out to you.6LORD, hear my prayer. Listen to my cry for mercy.7When I’m in trouble, I will call out to you. And you will answer me.8Lord, there’s no one like you among the gods. No one can do what you do.9Lord, all the nations you have made will come and worship you. They will bring glory to you.10You are great. You do wonderful things. You alone are God.11LORD, teach me how you want me to live. Do this so that I will depend on you, my faithful God. Give me a heart that doesn’t want anything more than to worship you.12Lord my God, I will praise you with all my heart. I will bring glory to you for ever.13Great is your love for me. You have kept me from going down into the place of the dead.14God, proud people are attacking me. A gang of mean people is trying to kill me. They don’t care about you.15But Lord, you are a God who is tender and kind. You are gracious. You are slow to get angry. You are faithful and full of love.16Come to my aid and have mercy on me. Show your strength by helping me. Save me because I serve you just as my mother did.17Prove your goodness to me. Then my enemies will see it and be put to shame. LORD, you have helped me and given me comfort.
Psalm 86
English Standard Version
Great Is Your Steadfast Love
1A Prayer of David. Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. (Ps 31:2; Ps 40:17; Ps 72:20)2Preserve my life, for I am godly; save your servant, who trusts in you—you are my God. (Ps 11:1; Ps 50:5)3Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all the day. (Ps 4:1; Ps 56:1; Ps 57:1; Ps 86:16)4Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. (Ps 25:1)5For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you. (Ex 34:6; Ps 86:15; Ps 103:8; Ps 130:4; Ps 145:8; Joe 2:13)6Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace. (Ps 55:1)7In the day of my trouble I call upon you, for you answer me. (Ps 17:6; Ps 77:2)8There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours. (Ex 15:11; De 3:24; Ps 89:6)9All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name. (Ps 22:31; Ps 65:2; Ps 66:4; Isa 66:23; Zec 14:18; Re 15:4)10For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God. (De 6:4; Ps 72:18; Ps 77:13; Isa 37:16; Isa 44:6; Isa 44:8; 1Co 8:4; 1Co 8:6)11Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name. (Ps 25:4; Ps 26:3; Jer 32:39)12I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever.13For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. (Ps 30:3; Ps 86:5; Ps 88:6; Eze 26:20)14O God, insolent men have risen up against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, and they do not set you before them. (Ps 54:3)15But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. (Nu 14:18; Ne 9:17; Ps 62:12; Ps 86:5; Ps 111:4; Ps 112:4; Jon 4:2)16Turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your maidservant. (Ps 25:16; Ps 116:16)17Show me a sign of your favor, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me. (Jud 6:17; Ne 5:19; Ne 13:31)