1 A Prayer of David. O Lord, incline thine ear, and hearken to me; for I am poor and needy. 2 Preserve my soul, for I am holy; save thy servant, O God, who hopes in thee. 3 Pity me, O Lord: for to thee will I cry all the day. 4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for to thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul. 5 For thou, O Lord, art kind, and gentle; and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee. 6 Give ear to my prayer, O Lord; and attend to the voice of my supplication. 7 In the day of my trouble I cried to thee: for thou didst hear me. 8 There is none like to thee, O Lord, among the gods; and there are no [works] like to thy works. 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come, and shall worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. 10 For thou art great, and doest wonders: thou art the only [and] the great God. 11 Guide me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth: let my heart rejoice, that I may fear thy name. 12 I will give thee thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart; and I will glorify thy name for ever. 13 For thy mercy is great toward me; and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. 14 O God, transgressors have risen up against me, and an assembly of violent [men] have sought my life; and have not set thee before them. 15 But thou, O Lord God, art compassionate and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in mercy and true. 16 Look thou upon me, and have mercy upon me: give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. 17 Establish with me a token for good; and let them that hate me see [it] and be ashamed; because thou, O Lord, hast helped me, and comforted me.
Psalms · Brenton's English Septuagint
Psalm 85 (86) Brenton's English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (3)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in Brenton.
- 1 Psalm 31:2; Psalm 40:17; Daniel 9:18; Matthew 5:3; Psalm 34:6
- 2 Psalm 4:3; Psalm 25:2; Psalm 119:94; Psalm 31:1; Isaiah 26:3–4
- 3 Psalm 88:9; Psalm 57:1; Ephesians 6:18; Psalm 25:5; Psalm 56:1
- 4 Psalm 143:8; Psalm 25:1; Isaiah 66:13–14; Psalm 51:12; Isaiah 61:3
- 5 Psalm 145:8–9; Joel 2:13; Exodus 34:6; Psalm 103:8; Nehemiah 9:17
- 6 Psalm 5:1–2; Psalm 17:1; Psalm 55:1; Psalm 130:2
- 7 Jonah 2:2; Psalm 34:4–6; Psalm 17:6; Psalm 50:15; Hebrews 5:7
- 8 Exodus 15:11; Deuteronomy 3:24; Psalm 89:6; Daniel 3:29; Isaiah 40:25
- 9 Revelation 15:4; Isaiah 66:23; Psalm 66:4; Isaiah 2:2–4; Revelation 11:15
- 10 Isaiah 37:16; Mark 12:29; Psalm 72:18; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Exodus 15:11
- 11 Jeremiah 32:38–39; Psalm 25:4–5; Psalm 5:8; Psalm 143:8–10; Psalm 119:33
- 12 Deuteronomy 6:5; Psalm 146:1–2; Revelation 19:5–6; Romans 15:6; 1 Corinthians 10:31
- 13 Psalm 103:8–12; Psalm 116:8; Psalm 57:10; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; Luke 1:58
- 14 Psalm 54:3; Matthew 27:1–2; Psalm 14:4; Matthew 26:3–4; Psalm 36:1
- 15 Ephesians 2:4–7; Psalm 130:7; Psalm 103:8; Ephesians 1:7; Psalm 86:5
- 16 Ephesians 6:10; Philippians 4:13; Isaiah 40:29–31; Psalm 116:16; Psalm 25:16
- 17 Psalm 41:10–11; Judges 6:17; Psalm 71:20–21; Psalm 71:9–13; Psalm 40:1
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 86.
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Its title is, "A Psalm for the end, to the sons of Core." Let us understand no other end than that of which the Apostle speaks: for, "Christ is the end of the law." Therefore when at the head of the title of the Psalm he placed the words, "for the end," he directed our heart to Christ.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Thou seest this, O Lord, and keepest silence, "long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth," as Thou art.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… so too, the Old Testament uses in the same way to correct the souls of the erring, by putting together in a way of comparison things that cannot be compared; as when it saith, "Among the gods there is none like unto Thee, O Lord:" and again, "There is no god like our God." Now some affirm, that Christ said …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… I may say of it, think ye that in this "body which presseth down the soul," I shall be able to say (in order that I may speak to you something worthy of the subject), "O Lord, I have lifted up my soul unto Thee." May He assist me, may He lift it up with me.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
But let all of us be guided by Him to whom we say, "Lead me, O Lord, in Thy way, and I will walk in Thy truth."
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)