Psalms 86
86
A Prayer of Faith
King David’s prayer
1Lord, bend down to listen to my prayer.
I am in deep trouble. I’m broken and humbled,
and I desperately need your help.
2Guard my life, for I’m your faithful friend, your loyal servant for life.
I turn to you in faith, my God, my hero; come and rescue me!
3Lord God, hear my constant cry for help;
show me your favor and bring me to your fountain of grace!
4Restore joy to your loving servant once again,
for all I am is yours, O God.
5Lord, you are so good to me, so kind in every way # 86:5 The Septuagint reads “You’re my provider.”
and ready to forgive,
for your grace-fountain keeps overflowing,
drenching all your devoted lovers who pray to you.
6God, won’t you pay attention to this urgent cry?
Lord, bend down to listen to my prayer.
7Whenever trouble strikes, I will keep crying out to you,
for I know your help is on the way.
8God, there’s no one like you;
there’s no other god as famous as you.
You outshine all others, and your miracles make it easy to know you.
9Lord Almighty, you are the one who created all the nations.
Look at them—they’re all on their way!
Yes, the day will come when they all will worship you
and put your glory on display.
10You are the one and only God.
What miracles! What wonders! What greatness belongs to you!
11Teach me more about you, how you work and how you move,
so that I can walk onward in your truth
until everything within me brings honor to your name.
12With all my heart and passion I will thank you, my God!
I will give glory to your name, always and forever!
13You love me so much, and you have placed your greatness upon me. # 86:13 As translated from the Aramaic.
You rescued me from the deepest place of darkness,
and you have delivered me from a certain death.
14God, look at how these arrogant ones have defied me.
Like a vicious band of violent men, they have tried to kill me.
They wouldn’t worry for a moment that they were sinning against you!
15But Lord, your nurturing love is tender and gentle.
You are slow to get angry yet so swift to show your faithful love.
You are full of abounding grace and truth. # 86:15 As translated from the Aramaic and the Septuagint.
16Bring me to your grace-fountain
so that your strength becomes mine.
Be my hero and come rescue your servant once again!
17Send me a miraculous sign to show me how much you love me,
so that those who hate me will see it and be ashamed.
Don’t they know that you, Lord, are my comforter,
the one who comes to help me?
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86
A Prayer for Help against Ruthless Men
A prayer of David.#The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
1Incline, O Yahweh, your ear and answer me,
because I am poor and needy.
2Watch over my life because I am faithful.
You are my God; save your servant.
I am the one who trusts you.
3Be gracious to me, O Lord,
because I call to you all day long.#Literally “all the day”
4Make glad the soul of your servant,
because I desire you,#Literally “I lift up my soul to you” O Lord.
5For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,
and abundant in loyal love#Hebrew “and great with respect to loyal love” for all who call to you.
6Heed, O Yahweh, my prayer,
and attend to the voice of my supplications.
7In the day of my trouble I call to you,
because you answer me.
8There is none like you among the gods, O Lord,
and there are no works like yours.
9All the nations that you have made will come
and bow down#Or “worship” before you, O Lord,
and glorify your name.
10For you are great and doing wondrous things;
you alone are God.
11Teach me, O Yahweh, your way,
that I may walk in your truth.
Unite my heart#That is, give singleness of heart to fear your name.
12I will give you thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart,
and glorify your name forever,
13because your loyal love is great toward me,
and you will have delivered my life from Sheol#The nether world, the place of departed spirits. below.
14O God, arrogant men have risen up against me,
even a gang of ruthless men seek my life,
but they do not set you before them.#That is, they do not factor God into their actions
15But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger#Literally “long of nostrils” and abundant in loyal love and faithfulness.
16Turn to me and be gracious to me.
Give your strength to your servant,
and grant victory to the son#Or “Save the son” of your maidservant.
17Do 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.
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