LXXXVI A PSALM OF SUPPLICATION AND TRUST
A Prayer of David.
［1］ BOW down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me;
For I am poor and needy.
［2］ Preserve my soul; for I am godly:
O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
［3］ Be merciful unto me, O Lord;
For unto thee do I cry all the day long.
［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 abundant in lovingkindness unto all them that call upon thee.
［6］ Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer;
And hearken unto the voice of my supplications.
［7］ In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee;
For thou wilt answer me.
［8］ There is none like unto thee among the gods, 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 they shall glorify thy name.
［10］ For thou art great, and doest wondrous things:
Thou art God alone.
［11］ Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth:
Unite my heart to fear thy name.
［12］ I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart;
And I will glorify thy name for evermore.
［13］ For great is thy lovingkindness toward me;
And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
［14］ O God, the proud are risen up against me,
And a company of violent men have sought after my soul,
And have not set thee before them.
［15］ But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
［16］ Oh turn unto me, and have〖Or, be gracious unto.〗 mercy upon me;
Give thy strength unto thy servant,
And save the son of thy handmaid.
［17］ Show me a token for good,
That they who hate me may see it, and be put to shame,
Because thou, Jehovah, hast helped me, and comforted me.