Psalms 86

Psalm 86

¹Turn your ear ⌞toward me⌟ , O Lord .

Answer me, because I am oppressed and needy.

²Protect me, because I am faithful ⌞to you⌟ .

Save your servant who trusts you. You are my God.

³Have pity on me, O Lord,

because I call out to you all day long.

⁴Give me joy, O Lord,

because I lift my soul to you.

⁵You, O Lord, are good and forgiving,

full of mercy toward everyone who calls out to you.

⁶Open your ears to my prayer, O Lord .

Pay attention when I plead for mercy.

⁷When I am in trouble, I call out to you

because you answer me.

⁸No god is like you, O Lord.

No one can do what you do.

⁹All the nations that you have made

will bow in your presence, O Lord.

They will honor you.

¹⁰Indeed, you are great, a worker of miracles.

You alone are God.

¹¹Teach me your way, O Lord ,

so that I may live in your truth.

Focus my heart on fearing you.

¹²I will give thanks to you with all my heart, O Lord my God.

I will honor you forever

¹³because your mercy toward me is great.

You have rescued me from the depths of hell.

¹⁴O God, arrogant people attack me,

and a mob of ruthless people seeks my life.

They think nothing of you.

¹⁵But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God.

You are patient, always faithful and ready to forgive.

¹⁶Turn toward me, and have pity on me.

Give me your strength because I am your servant.

Save me because I am the son of your female servant.

¹⁷Grant me some proof of your goodness

so that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame.

You, O Lord , have helped me and comforted me.