Psalm 86–87

Psalm LXXXVI.

A Prayer of David.

^aBow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me:

For ^bI am poor and needy.

²Preserve my soul; for I am holy:

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

^3dBe merciful unto me, O Lord:

For ^eI cry unto thee daily.

⁴Rejoice the soul of thy servant:

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

⁵For thou, Lord, art good, and ^ffready to forgive;

And ^gplenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

^6hGive ear, O Lord, unto my prayer;

And ^hiattend to the voice of my supplications.

^7jIn the day of my trouble I will call upon thee:

^kFor thou wilt answer me.

^8lAmong the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord;

Neither are there any works ^mlike unto thy works.

⁹All nations whom thou hast made ⁿshall come

And ^oworship before thee, O Lord;

And shall glorify thy name.

¹⁰For thou art ^pgreat, and ^qdoest wondrous things:

^rThou art God alone.

^11sTeach me thy way, O Lord; ^tI will walk in thy truth:

Unite my heart to fear thy name.

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 ^udelivered my soul from ^vthe lowest hell.

¹⁴O God, ^wthe proud are risen against me,

And the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul;

And have not set thee before them.

^15xBut thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious,

Longsuffering, and ^gplenteous in mercy and truth.

¹⁶O ^yturn unto me, and ^dhave mercy upon me;

Give thy strength unto ^zthy servant,

And save ^zthe son of thine handmaid.

^17aShew me a token ^bfor good;

That they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed:

Because thou, Lord, hast ^cholpen me, and comforted me.

Psalm LXXXVII.

A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah.

His ^afoundation is in ^bthe holy mountains.

²The Lord ^cloveth the gates of Zion

More than all the dwellings of Jacob.

³Glorious things are spoken of thee,

O ^dcity of God. Selah.

⁴I will make mention of ^eRahab and ^fBabylon ^gto them that know me:

Behold Philistia, and Tyre, with ^hEthiopia;

This man was born ⁱthere.

⁵And of ⁱZion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her:

And the Highest himself shall establish her.

⁶The Lord shall ^kcount, when he ^lwriteth up the people,

That this man was born there. Selah.

⁷As well the singers as the ^mplayers on instruments shall be there:

All my springs are in thee.