Psalm 86

Great Is Your Steadfast Love

1 Bow down Your ear, O LORD, hear me;
For I am poor and needy.
2 Preserve my 1 life, for I am holy;
You are my God;
Save Your servant who trusts in You!
3 Be merciful to me, O Lord,
For I cry to You all day long.
4 2 Rejoice the soul of Your servant,
a For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
5 For b You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.
6 Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer;
And attend to the voice of my supplications.
7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon You,
For You will answer me.

8 c Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord;
Nor are there any works like Your works.
9 All nations whom You have made
Shall come and worship before You, O Lord,
And shall glorify Your name.
10 For You are great, and d do wondrous things;
e You alone are God.
11 f Teach me Your way, O LORD;
I will walk in Your truth;
3 Unite my heart to fear Your name.
12 I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,
And I will glorify Your name forevermore.
13 For great is Your mercy toward me,
And You have delivered my soul from the depths of 4 Sheol.

14 O God, the proud have risen against me,
And a mob of violent men have sought my life,
And have not set You before them.
15 But g You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious,
Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.
16 Oh, turn to me, and have mercy on me!
Give Your strength to Your servant,
And save the son of Your maidservant.
17 Show me a sign for good,
That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,
Because You, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 25:1
    To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.
    Psalms 143:8
    Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, For in You do I trust; Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my soul to You.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 130:7
    O Israel, hope in the LORD; For with the LORD there is mercy, And with Him is abundant redemption.
    Psalms 145:9
    The LORD is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works.
    Joel 2:13
    So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 15:11
    Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
    2 Samuel 7:22
    Therefore You are great, O Lord GOD. For there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
    1 Kings 8:23
    And he said: "LORD God of Israel, there is no God in heaven above or on earth below like You, who keep Your covenant and mercy with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
    Psalms 89:6
    For who in the heavens can be compared to the LORD? Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD?
    Jeremiah 10:6
    Inasmuch as there is none like You, O LORD (You are great, and Your name is great in might).
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 15:11
    Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
  5. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 6:4
    Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!
    Isaiah 37:16
    O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, the One who dwells between the cherubim, You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
    Mark 12:29
    Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments is: 'Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one.
    1 Corinthians 8:4
    Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 27:11
    Teach me Your way, O LORD, And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.
    Psalms 143:8
    Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, For in You do I trust; Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my soul to You.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 34:6
    And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth.
    Psalms 86:5
    For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
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