Psalm 86 [Douay 85]

Psalm 86 in modern numbering

¹ Hear, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

² Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.

³ Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.

⁴ Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

⁵ For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

⁶ Hear, LORD, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions.

⁷ In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me.

⁸ There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.

⁹ All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.

¹⁰ For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.

¹¹ Teach me your way, LORD. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.

¹² I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more.

¹³ For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

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 you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

¹⁶ Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your servant.

¹⁷ Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me.

¹ AA prayer for David himself. Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am needy and poor.

² Preserve my soul, for I am holy: save thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in thee.

³ Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to thee all the day.

⁴ Give joy to the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul.

⁵ For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

⁶ Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer: and attend to the voice of my petition.

⁷ I have called upon thee in the day of my trouble: because thou hast heard me.

⁸ There is none among the gods like unto thee, O Lord: and there is none according to thy works.

⁹ All the nations thou hast made shall come and adore before thee, O Lord: and they shall glorify thy name.

¹⁰ For thou art great and dost wonderful things: thou art God alone.

¹¹ Conduct me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth: let my heart rejoice that it may fear thy name.

¹² I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for ever:

¹³ For thy mercy is great towards me: and thou hast delivered my soul out of the lower hell.

¹⁴ O God, the wicked are risen up against me, and the assembly of the mighty have sought my soul: and they have not set thee before their eyes.

¹⁵ And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.

¹⁶ O look upon me, and have mercy on me: give thy command to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.

¹⁷ Shew me a token for good: that they who hate me may see, and be confounded, because thou, O Lord, hast helped me and hast comforted me.