Psalm 86-88

Devotionals, Articles, and Bible Study Resources on Psalm 86-88

1Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me,
for I am poor and needy.
2Preserve my soul, for I am godly.
You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.
3Be merciful to me, O Lord,
for I call to You all day long.
4Bring joy to Your servant,
for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving,
rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
6Hear my prayer, O LORD,
and attend to my plea for mercy.
7In the day of my distress I call on You,
because You answer me.
8O Lord, there is none like You among the gods,
nor any works like Yours.
9All the nations You have made
will come and bow before You, O Lord,
and they will glorify Your name.
10For You are great and perform wonders;
You alone are God.
11Teach me Your way, O LORD,
that I may walk in Your truth.
Give me an undivided heart,
that I may fear Your name.
12I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart;
I will glorify Your name forever.
13For great is Your loving devotion to me;
You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
14The arrogant rise against me, O God;
a band of ruthless men seeks my life,
with no regard for You.
15But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
16Turn to me and have mercy;
grant Your strength to Your servant;
save the son of Your maidservant.
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.
1He has founded His city
on the holy mountains.
2The LORD loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3Glorious things are ascribed to you,
O city of God.
4“I will mention Rahab and Babylon
among those who know Me —
along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush —
when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”
5And it will be said of Zion:
“This one and that one were born in her,
and the Most High Himself will establish her.”
6The LORD will record in the register of the peoples:
“This one was born in Zion.”
7Singers and pipers will proclaim,
“All my springs of joy are in You.”
1O LORD, the God of my salvation,
day and night I cry out before You.
2May my prayer come before You;
incline Your ear to my cry.
3For my soul is full of troubles,
and my life draws near to Sheol.
4I am counted among those descending to the Pit.
I am like a man without strength.
5I am forsaken among the dead,
like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom You remember no more,
who are cut off from Your care.
6You have laid me in the lowest Pit,
in the darkest of the depths.
7Your wrath weighs heavily upon me;
all Your waves have submerged me.
8You have removed my friends from me;
You have made me repulsive to them;
I am confined and cannot escape.
9My eyes grow dim with grief.
I call to You daily, O LORD;
I spread out my hands to You.
10Do You work wonders for the dead?
Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?
11Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave,
Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12Will Your wonders be known in the darkness,
or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
13But to You, O LORD, I cry for help;
in the morning my prayer comes before You.
14Why, O LORD, do You reject me?
Why do You hide Your face from me?
15From my youth I was afflicted and near death.
I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
16Your wrath has swept over me;
Your terrors have destroyed me.
17All day long they engulf me like water;
they enclose me on every side.
18You have removed my beloved and my friend;
darkness is my closest companion.
— Psalm 86-88

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