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Psalm 86 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a 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">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Psalm 86</span></h3><h3><span class="text">Supplication for Help against Enemies</span></h3><h4 class="psalm-title"><span class="text">A Prayer of David.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>Incline your ear, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, and answer me,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">for I am poor and needy.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>Preserve my life, for I am devoted to you;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">save your servant who trusts in you.</span></span><br /><span class="text">You are my God; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum mid-line">3</span>be gracious to me, O Lord,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">for to you do I cry all day long.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>Gladden the soul of your servant,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>Give ear, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, to my prayer;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">listen to my cry of supplication.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>In the day of my trouble I call on you,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">for you will answer me.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>There is none like you among the gods, O Lord,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">nor are there any works like yours.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>All the nations you have made shall come</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and bow down before you, O Lord,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and shall glorify your name.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>For you are great and do wondrous things;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">you alone are God.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>Teach me your way, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">that I may walk in your truth;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">give me an undivided heart to revere your name.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and I will glorify your name forever.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>For great is your steadfast love toward me;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>O God, the insolent rise up against me;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">a band of ruffians seeks my life,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and they do not set you before them.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>Turn to me and be gracious to me;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">give your strength to your servant;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">save the child of your serving girl.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>Show me a sign of your favor,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">so that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">because you, <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, have helped me and comforted me.</span></span></p></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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