Psalm 86

||A Prayer of David.

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

For bI am poor and needy.

2  Preserve my soul; for I am ||holy:

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

3  dBe merciful unto me, O Lord:

For eI cry unto thee ||daily.

4  Rejoice the soul of thy servant:

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

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

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

6  hGive ear, O Lord, unto my prayer;

And hiattend to the voice of my supplications.

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

kFor thou wilt answer me.

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

Neither are there any works mlike unto thy works.

9  All nations whom thou hast made nshall come

And oworship before thee, O Lord;

And shall glorify thy name.

10  For thou art pgreat, and qdoest wondrous things:

rThou art God alone.

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

Unite my heart to fear thy name.

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

And I will glorify thy name for evermore.

13  For great is thy mercy toward me:

And thou hast udelivered my soul from vthe lowest ||hell.

14  O 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.

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

Longsuffering, and gplenteous in mercy and truth.

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

Give thy strength unto zthy servant,

And save zthe son of thine handmaid.

17  aShew 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.