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title: Psalm 86
slug: kjv/psalm-86
createdAt: 2024-08-28T03:14:40.911Z
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**1 **\{A Prayer of David.} Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I *am* poor and needy.

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

**3 **Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.

**4 **Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

**5 **For thou, Lord, *art* good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

**6 **Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.

**7 **In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.

**8 **Among the gods *there is* none like unto thee, O Lord; neither *are there any works* like unto thy works.

**9 **All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

**10 **For thou *art* great, and doest wondrous things: thou *art* God alone.

**11 **Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

**12 **I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

**13 **For great *is* thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

**14 **O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent *men* have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

**15 **But thou, O Lord, *art* a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

**16 **O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

**17 **Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see *it*, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.