Psalm 86–87

¹A Prayer of David. Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, Answer me, for I am poor and needy.

²Keep my soul, for I am pious, Save Thy servant—who is trusting to Thee, O Thou, my God.

³Favour me, O Lord, for to Thee I call all the day.

⁴Rejoice the soul of Thy servant, For unto Thee, O Lord, my soul I lift up.

⁵For Thou, Lord, art good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee.

⁶Hear, O Jehovah, my prayer, And attend to the voice of my supplications.

⁷In a day of my distress I call Thee, For Thou dost answer me.

⁸There is none like Thee among the gods, O Lord, And like Thy works there are none.

⁹All nations that Thou hast made Come and bow themselves before Thee, O Lord, And give honour to Thy name.

¹⁰For great art Thou, and doing wonders, Thou art God Thyself alone.

¹¹Show me, O Jehovah, Thy way, I walk in Thy truth, My heart doth rejoice to fear Thy name.

¹²I confess Thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I honour Thy name to the age.

¹³For Thy kindness is great toward me, And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

¹⁴O God, the proud have risen up against me, And a company of the terrible sought my soul, And have not placed Thee before them,

¹⁵And Thou, O Lord, art God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth.

¹⁶Look unto me, and favour me, Give Thy strength to Thy servant, And give salvation to a son of Thine handmaid.

¹⁷Do with me a sign for good, And those hating me see and are ashamed, For Thou, O Jehovah, hast helped me, Yea, Thou hast comforted me!

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¹By sons of Korah.—A Psalm, a song. His foundation is in holy mountains.

²Jehovah is loving the gates of Zion Above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

³Honourable things are spoken in Thee, O city of God. Selah.

⁴I mention Rahab and Babel to those knowing Me, Lo, Philistia, and Tyre, with Cush! This one was born there.

⁵And of Zion it is said: Each one was born in her, And He, the Most High, doth establish her.

⁶Jehovah doth recount in the describing of the peoples, ‘This one was born there.’ Selah.

⁷Singers also as players on instruments, All my fountains are in Thee!

Psalm 88