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86:1 Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. 86:2 Preserve my life, for I am devoted to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God; 86:3 be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all day long. 86:4 Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. 86:5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you. 86:6 Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; listen to my cry of supplication. 86:7 In the day of my trouble I call on you, for you will answer me. 86:8 There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours. 86:9 All the nations you have made shall come and bow down before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name. 86:10 For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God. 86:11 Teach me your way, O LORD, that I may walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart to revere your name. 86:12 I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever. 86:13 For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. 86:14 O God, the insolent rise up against me; a band of ruffians seeks my life, and they do not set you before them. 86:15 But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. 86:16 Turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant; save the child of your serving girl. 86:17 Show me a sign of your favor, so that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame, because you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.