| 1 | Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor
and
distressed, needy
and
desiring. |
| 2 | Preserve my life, for I am godly
and
dedicated; O my God, save Your servant, for I trust in You [leaning and believing on You, committing all and confidently looking to You, without fear or doubt]. |
| 3 | Be merciful
and
gracious to me, O Lord, for to You do I cry all the day. |
| 4 | Make me, Your servant, to rejoice, O Lord, for to You do I lift myself up. |
| 5 | For You, O Lord, are good, and ready to forgive [our trespasses, sending them away, letting them go completely and forever]; and You are abundant in mercy
and
loving-kindness to all those who call upon You. |
| 6 | Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; and listen to the cry of my supplications. |
| 7 | In the day of my trouble I will call on You, for You will answer me. |
| 8 | There is none like unto You among the gods, O Lord, neither are their works like unto Yours. |
| 9 | All nations whom You have made shall come and fall down before You, O Lord; and they shall glorify Your name. |
| 10 | For You are great and work wonders! You alone are God. |
| 11 | Teach me Your way, O Lord, that I may walk
and
live in Your truth; direct
and
unite my heart [solely, reverently] to fear
and
honor Your name. |
| 12 | I will confess
and
praise You, O Lord my God, with my whole (united) heart; and I will glorify Your name forevermore. |
| 13 | For great is Your mercy
and
loving-kindness toward me; and You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol [from the exceeding depths of affliction]. |
| 14 | O God, the proud
and
insolent are risen against me; a rabble of violent
and
ruthless men has sought
and
demanded my life, and they have not set You before them. |
| 15 | But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in mercy
and
loving-kindness and truth. |
| 16 | O turn to me and have mercy
and
be gracious to me; grant strength (might and inflexibility to temptation) to Your servant and save the son of Your handmaiden. |
| 17 | Show me a sign of [Your evident] goodwill
and
favor, that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame, because You, Lord, [will show Your approval of me when You] help and comfort me. |
Cross references:
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Psalm 86:11 : Ps. 5:11; 69:36.
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