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href="../psalms/85.htm" title="Psalm 85">◄</a> Psalm 86 <a href="../psalms/87.htm" title="Psalm 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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/86.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Great Is Your Steadfast Love</p><subheading class="psalm-title">A Prayer of David.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/86-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Incline your ear, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and answer me,</span><br /><span class="indent">for I am poor and needy.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/86-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Preserve my life, for I am godly;</span><br /><span class="indent">save your servant, who trusts in you—you are my God.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/86-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Be gracious to me, O Lord,</span><br /><span class="indent">for to you do I cry all the day.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/86-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Gladden the soul of your servant,</span><br /><span class="indent">for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/86-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,</span><br /><span class="indent">abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/86-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Give ear, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, to my prayer;</span><br /><span class="indent">listen to my plea for grace.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/86-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">In the day of my trouble I call upon you,</span><br /><span class="indent">for you answer me.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/86-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">There is none like you among the gods, O Lord,</span><br /><span class="indent">nor are there any works like yours.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/86-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">All the nations you have made shall come</span><br /><span class="indent">and worship before you, O Lord,</span><br /><span class="indent">and shall glorify your name.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/86-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For you are great and do wondrous things;</span><br /><span class="indent">you alone are God.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/86-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Teach me your way, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">that I may walk in your truth;</span><br /><span class="indent">unite my heart to fear your name.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/86-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,</span><br /><span class="indent">and I will glorify your name forever.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/86-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For great is your steadfast love toward me;</span><br /><span class="indent">you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/86-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">O God, insolent men have risen up against me;</span><br /><span class="indent">a band of ruthless men seeks my life,</span><br /><span class="indent">and they do not set you before them.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/86-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,</span><br /><span class="indent">slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/86-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Turn to me and be gracious to me;</span><br /><span class="indent">give your strength to your servant,</span><br /><span class="indent">and save the son of your maidservant.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/86-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Show me a sign of your favor,</span><br /><span class="indent">that those who hate me may see and be put to shame</span><br /><span class="indent">because you, <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, have helped me and comforted me.</span></p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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