PSALMS
PSALM 86
David implores God for mercy and is saved from the lowest hell—The Lord is good and plenteous in mercy—All nations shall worship before him.
A Prayer of David.
1
aBOW down thine ear, O L
ORD, hear me: for I
am poor and needy.
2 Preserve my soul; for I
am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
5 For thou, Lord,
art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
6 Give ear, O L
ORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
8 Among the gods
there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither
are there any works like unto thy works.
9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
10 For thou
art great, and doest wondrous things: thou
art God alone.
11 Teach me thy way, O L
ORD; I 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 delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent
men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
15 But thou, O Lord,
art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see
it, and be ashamed: because thou, L
ORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.