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Psalm 86:17

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86:17Show me evidence of your favor!23

Then those who hate me will see it and be ashamed,24

for you, O Lord, will help me and comfort me.25

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Footnotes

  1. 23 Heb “Work with me a sign for good.” The expression “work a sign” also occurs in Judg 6:17.
  2. 24 After the imperative in the preceding line (“work”), the prefixed verb forms with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive indicate purpose or result.
  3. 25 The perfect verbal forms are understood here as dramatic/rhetorical, expressing the psalmist’s certitude that such a sign from the Lord will be followed by his intervention. Another option is to understand the forms as future perfects (“for you, O Lord, will have helped me and comforted me”).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Show 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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Give me a sign of your goodness,

that my enemies may see it and be put to shame,

for you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Show me a sign of your goodness;

my enemies will see and be put to shame

because you, Lord, have helped and comforted me.

NLTNew Living Translation

Send me a sign of your favor.

Then those who hate me will be put to shame,

for you, O Lord, help and comfort me.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do a sign that benefits me,

that those who hate me may see and be put to shame,

because you, O Yahweh, have helped me and comforted me.

KJV 1900King James Version

Shew 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.