A Prayer of David.
Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my Elohim, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
Be merciful unto me, O Adonay: for I cry unto thee daily.
Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Adonay, do I lift up my soul.
For thou, Adonay, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
Among the gods [or, elohim] there is none like unto thee, O Adonay; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Adonay; and shall glorify thy name.
For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art Elohim alone.
Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
I will praise thee, O Adonay my Elohim, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from-the lowest hell.
O Elohim, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
But thou, O Adonay, art an El full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
Show me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, Jehovah, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
86:1-7 Weak, and amid trouble, I call on thee; 8-10 all nations must come and worship; 11-13 teach thou me, my deliverer; 14 the proud are against me, 15-17 yet I hope in thyself.