Psalm 86-87

New American Standard Bible

Pleading and Trust.

A Prayer of David.

86 ^(A)Incline Your ear, Lord, and answer me;
For I am ^(B)afflicted and needy.
²^(C)Protect my ^[a]soul, for I am ^(D)godly;
You my God, save Your servant who ^(E)trusts in You.
³Be ^(F)gracious to me, Lord,
For ^(G)I call upon You all day long.
⁴Make the soul of Your servant joyful,
For to You, Lord, ^(H)I lift up my soul.
⁵For You, Lord, are ^(I)good, and ^(J)ready to forgive,
And ^(K)abundant in mercy to all who call upon You.
⁶^(L)Listen, Lord, to my prayer;
And give Your attention to the sound of my pleading!
⁷On ^(M)the day of my trouble I will call upon You,
For ^(N)You will answer me.
⁸There is ^(O)no one like You among the gods, Lord,
Nor are there any works ^(P)like Yours.
⁹^(Q)All nations whom You have made will come and worship before You, Lord,
And they will glorify Your name.
¹⁰For You are ^(R)great, and you ^(S)do ^[b]wondrous deeds;
You alone ^(T)are God.

¹¹^(U)Teach me Your way, Lord;
I will walk in Your truth;
^(V)Unite my heart to fear Your name.
¹²I will ^(W)give thanks to You, Lord my God, with all my heart,
And I will glorify Your name forever.
¹³For Your graciousness toward me is great,
And You have ^(X)saved my soul from the ^[c]depths of ^[d]Sheol.

¹⁴God, arrogant men have ^(Y)risen up against me,
And a gang of violent men have sought my ^[e]life,
And they have not set You before them.
¹⁵But You, Lord, are a ^(Z)compassionate and gracious God,
Slow to anger and abundant in mercy and ^[f]truth.
¹⁶^(AA)Turn to me, and be gracious to me;
^(AB)Grant Your strength to Your servant,
And save the ^(AC)son of Your maidservant.
¹⁷^(AD)Show me a sign of good,
That those who hate me may ^(AE)see it and be ashamed,
Because You, Lord, ^(AF)have helped me and comforted me.

The Privileges of Citizenship in Zion.

A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song.

87 His ^(AG)foundation is in the holy mountains.
²The Lord ^(AH)loves the gates of Zion
More than all the other dwelling places of Jacob.
³^(AI)Glorious things are spoken of you,
^(AJ)City of God. Selah
⁴“I shall mention ^[g]^(AK)Rahab and Babylon ^[h]among those who know Me;
Behold, Philistia and ^(AL)Tyre with ^[i]^(AM)Cush:
‘This one was born there.’”
⁵But of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her”;
And the Most High Himself will ^(AN)establish her.
⁶The Lord will count when He ^(AO)registers the peoples,
“This one was born there.” Selah
⁷Then those who ^(AP)sing as well as those who ^[j]^(AQ)play the flutes will say,
“All my ^(AR)springs of joy are in you.”

Footnotes

Psalm 86:2 Or life
Psalm 86:10 Or miracles
Psalm 86:13 Lit lowest Sheol
Psalm 86:13 I.e., the netherworld
Psalm 86:14 Lit soul
Psalm 86:15 Or faithfulness
Psalm 87:4 I.e., Egypt, as a sea monster; not to be confused with Rahab in Joshua 2
Psalm 87:4 Or as
Psalm 87:4 Or Ethiopia
Psalm 87:7 Or dance