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Psalm 86 Revised Version with Apocrypha

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  • Protestant
  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew
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  • Protestant, with the Apocrypha
  • Formal (word for word)
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1 A Prayer Of David. Bow down thine ear, O LORD, and answer me; for I am poor and needy.
1 A Prayer by David. Hear, Yahweh, 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.
2 Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.
3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord; for unto thee do I cry all the day long.
3 Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.
4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
4 Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.
5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
5 For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.
6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and hearken unto the voice of my supplications.
6 Hear, Yahweh, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions.
7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee; for thou wilt answer me.
7 In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me.
8 There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord; neither [are there any works ]like unto thy works.
8 There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.
9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and they shall glorify thy name.
9 All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.
10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
10 For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.
11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
11 Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.
12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
12 I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more.
13 For great is thy mercy toward me; and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest pit.
13 For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
14 O God, the proud are risen up against me, and the congregation of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before them.
14 God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don’t hold regard for you before them.
15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
15 But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
16 Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your servant.
17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed, because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me,
17 Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and comforted me.
Cross references (17)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Psalm 31:2; Psalm 40:17; Daniel 9:18; Matthew 5:3; Psalm 34:6
  2. 2 Psalm 4:3; Psalm 25:2; Psalm 119:94; Psalm 31:1; Isaiah 26:3–4
  3. 3 Psalm 88:9; Psalm 57:1; Ephesians 6:18; Psalm 25:5; Psalm 56:1
  4. 4 Psalm 143:8; Psalm 25:1; Isaiah 66:13–14; Psalm 51:12; Isaiah 61:3
  5. 5 Psalm 145:8–9; Joel 2:13; Exodus 34:6; Psalm 103:8; Nehemiah 9:17
  6. 6 Psalm 5:1–2; Psalm 17:1; Psalm 55:1; Psalm 130:2
  7. 7 Jonah 2:2; Psalm 34:4–6; Psalm 17:6; Psalm 50:15; Hebrews 5:7
  8. 8 Exodus 15:11; Deuteronomy 3:24; Psalm 89:6; Daniel 3:29; Isaiah 40:25
  9. 9 Revelation 15:4; Isaiah 66:23; Psalm 66:4; Isaiah 2:2–4; Revelation 11:15
  10. 10 Isaiah 37:16; Mark 12:29; Psalm 72:18; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Exodus 15:11
  11. 11 Jeremiah 32:38–39; Psalm 25:4–5; Psalm 5:8; Psalm 143:8–10; Psalm 119:33
  12. 12 Deuteronomy 6:5; Psalm 146:1–2; Revelation 19:5–6; Romans 15:6; 1 Corinthians 10:31
  13. 13 Psalm 103:8–12; Psalm 116:8; Psalm 57:10; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; Luke 1:58
  14. 14 Psalm 54:3; Matthew 27:1–2; Psalm 14:4; Matthew 26:3–4; Psalm 36:1
  15. 15 Ephesians 2:4–7; Psalm 130:7; Psalm 103:8; Ephesians 1:7; Psalm 86:5
  16. 16 Ephesians 6:10; Philippians 4:13; Isaiah 40:29–31; Psalm 116:16; Psalm 25:16
  17. 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).

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).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LXXXV)

    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)

  2. Quotes verse 86:15 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book I, Chapters XIV–XVIII)

    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)

  3. Quotes verse 86:8 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXXVII)

    … 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)

  4. Quotes verse 86:4 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon II)

    … 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)

  5. Quotes verse 86:11 Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John (Chapter X — 1-10)

    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)