Psalms 86

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

1For the sons of Core, a psalm of a canticle. The foundations thereof are the holy mountains:

2Keep my soul, for I <FI>am<Fi> pious, Save Thy servant--who is trusting to Thee, O Thou, my God.

2The Lord loveth the gates of Sion above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

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

3Glorious things are said of thee, O city of God.

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

4I will be mindful of Rahab and of Babylon knowing me. Behold the foreigners, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians, these were there.

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

5Shall not Sion say: This man and that man is born in her? and the Highest himself hath founded her.

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

6The Lord shall tell in his writings of peoples and of princes, of them that have been in her.

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

7The dwelling in thee is as it were of all rejoicing.

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

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

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10For great <FI>art<Fi> Thou, and doing wonders, Thou <FI>art<Fi> God Thyself alone.

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

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

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

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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,

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

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

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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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