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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 86 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/86.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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87">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="d">(A prayer by David.)</h3><h3 class="s1">A Prayer for Help</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.86.1" class="v19_86_1">1</span>Please listen, <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_1">and answer my prayer!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_1">I am poor and helpless.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.86.2" class="v19_86_2">2</span>Protect me and save me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_2">because you are my God.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_2">I am your faithful servant,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_2">and I trust you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.86.3" class="v19_86_3">3</span>Be kind to me!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_3">I pray to you all day.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.86.4" class="v19_86_4">4</span>Make my heart glad!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_4">I serve you,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_4">and my prayer is sincere.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.86.5" class="v19_86_5">5</span>You willingly forgive,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_5">and your love is always there</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_5">for those who pray to you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.86.6" class="v19_86_6">6</span>Please listen, <span class="nd">Lord</span>!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_6">Answer my prayer for help.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.86.7" class="v19_86_7">7</span>When I am in trouble, I pray,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_7">knowing you will listen.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.86.8" class="v19_86_8">8</span>No other gods are like you;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_8">only you work miracles.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.86.9" class="v19_86_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.86.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You created each nation,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_9">and they will all bow down</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_9">to worship and honor you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.86.10" class="v19_86_10">10</span>You perform great wonders</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_10">because you alone are God.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.86.11" class="v19_86_11">11</span>Teach me to follow you,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_11">and I will obey your truth.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_11">Always keep me faithful.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.86.12" class="v19_86_12">12</span>With all my heart I thank you.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_12">I praise you, <span class="nd">Lord</span> God.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.86.13" class="v19_86_13">13</span>Your love for me is so great</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_13">that you protected me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_13">from death and the grave.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.86.14" class="v19_86_14">14</span>Proud and violent enemies,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_14">who don't care about you,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_14">have ganged up to attack</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_14">and kill me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.86.15" class="v19_86_15">15</span>But you, the Lord God,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_15">are kind and merciful.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_15">You don't easily get angry,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_15">and your love</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_15">can always be trusted.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_16"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.86.16" class="v19_86_16">16</span>I serve you, <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_16">and I am the child</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_16">of one of your servants.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_16">Look on me with kindness.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_16">Make me strong and save me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_17"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.86.17" class="v19_86_17">17</span>Show that you approve of me!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_17">Then my hateful enemies</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_17">will feel like fools,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_86_17">because you have helped</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_86_17">and comforted me.</span></p> </div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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