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Psalm 86:10–13

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86:10For you are great and do amazing things.

You alone are God.

86:11O Lord, teach me how you want me to live!10

Then I will obey your commands.11

Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!12

86:12O Lord, my God, I will give you thanks with my whole heart!

I will honor your name continually!13

86:13For you will extend your great loyal love to me,14

and will deliver my life15 from the depths of Sheol.16

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Footnotes

  1. 10 Heb “teach me your way.” The Lord’s “way” refers here to the moral principles he expects the psalmist to follow. See Pss 25:4; 27:11.
  2. 11 Heb “I will walk in your truth.” The Lord’s commandments are referred to as “truth” here because they are a trustworthy and accurate expression of the divine will. See Ps 25:5.
  3. 12 Heb “Bind my heart to the fearing of your name.” The verb translated “bind” occurs only here in the Piel stem. It appears twice in the Qal, meaning “be joined” in both cases (Gen 49:6; Isa 14:20). To “fear” God’s name means to have a healthy respect for him which in turn motivates one to obey his commands (see Pss 61:5; 102:15).
  4. 13 Or “forever.”
  5. 14 Heb “for your loyal love [is] great over me.”
  6. 15 Or “for he will have delivered my life.” The verb form indicates a future perfect here.
  7. 16 Or “lower Sheol.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For you are great and do wondrous things;

you alone are God.

Teach me your way, O Lord,

that I may walk in your truth;

unite my heart to fear your name.

I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,

and I will glorify your name forever.

For great is your steadfast love toward me;

you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For you are great and do marvelous deeds;

you alone are God.

Teach me your way, Lord,

that I may rely on your faithfulness;

give me an undivided heart,

that I may fear your name.

I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart;

I will glorify your name forever.

For great is your love toward me;

you have delivered me from the depths,

from the realm of the dead.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For you are great and perform wonders;

you alone are God.

Teach me your way, Lord,

and I will live by your truth.

Give me an undivided mind to fear your name.

I will praise you with all my heart, Lord my God,

and will honor your name forever.

For your faithful love for me is great,

and you rescue my life from the depths of Sheol.

NLTNew Living Translation

For you are great and perform wonderful deeds.

You alone are God.

Teach me your ways, O Lord,

that I may live according to your truth!

Grant me purity of heart,

so that I may honor you.

With all my heart I will praise you, O Lord my God.

I will give glory to your name forever,

for your love for me is very great.

You have rescued me from the depths of death.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For you are great and doing wondrous things;

you alone are God.

Teach me, O Yahweh, your way,

that I may walk in your truth.

Unite my heart to fear your name.

I will give you thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart,

and glorify your name forever,

because your loyal love is great toward me,

and you will have delivered my life from Sheol below.

KJV 1900King James Version

For thou art great, and doest wondrous things:

Thou art God alone.

Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth:

Unite my heart to fear thy name.

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart:

And I will glorify thy name for evermore.

For great is thy mercy toward me:

And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.