Psalms · 17 verses

Psalms 86

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David begins as poor and needy, asks for an undivided heart, and ends by asking for a sign that his enemies may see and be ashamed.

A prayer that widensvv. 1–10

David calls on the LORD all day long, asking for mercy, joy, and preservation. The prayer soon opens out from one distressed servant to all the nations, who will bow before the LORD and glorify His name—a remarkably large horizon for a man who has just announced that he is poor and needy.

An undivided heart among ruthless menvv. 11–17

David asks to be taught the LORD’s way and given an undivided heart, then praises the loving devotion that has delivered him from the depths of Sheol. The danger is plain: arrogant, ruthless men are seeking his life. Yet the prayer ends not with a weapon or a scheme, but with a request for a sign of goodness, so that his enemies may see it and be ashamed.

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Ps 86:1A prayer of David. Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
Ps 86:2Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.
Ps 86:3Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I call to You all day long.
Ps 86:4Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
Ps 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
Ps 86:6Hear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy.
Ps 86:7In the day of my distress I call on You, because You answer me.
Ps 86:8O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
Ps 86:9All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
Ps 86:10For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.
Ps 86:11Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.
Ps 86:12I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever.
Ps 86:13For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
Ps 86:14The arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life; they have no regard for You.
Ps 86:15But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
Ps 86:16Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant.
Ps 86:17Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

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Where this is echoed

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11 Jeremiah 32:38–39They will be My people, and I will be their God.
17 Psalms 41:10–11But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.
17 Judges 6:17Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
15 Ephesians 2:4–7But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
11 Psalms 5:8Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.
12 Deuteronomy 6:5And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
17 Psalms 71:20–21Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
11 Psalms 119:33Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.
15 Psalms 130:7O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
5 Psalms 145:8–9The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.
8 Exodus 15:11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
15 Psalms 103:8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
15 Ephesians 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
5 Joel 2:13So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
9 Revelation 15:4Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
17 Psalms 71:9–13Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.

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