# Psalm 86 ## Psalm 86:1 - [KJV] Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I *am* poor and needy. - [ASV] Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me; For I am poor and needy. - [YLT] Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, Answer me, for I *am* poor and needy. ### Notes on Psalm 86:1 - ## Psalm 86:2 - [KJV] Preserve my soul; for I *am* holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. - [ASV] Preserve my soul; For I am godly: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. - [YLT] Keep my soul, for I *am* pious, Save Thy servant -- who is trusting to Thee, O Thou, my God. ### Notes on Psalm 86:2 - ## Psalm 86:3 - [KJV] Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily. - [ASV] Be merciful unto me, O Lord; For unto thee do I cry all the day long. - [YLT] Favour me, O Lord, for to Thee I call all the day. ### Notes on Psalm 86:3 - ## Psalm 86:4 - [KJV] Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. - [ASV] Rejoice the soul of thy servant; For unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. - [YLT] Rejoice the soul of Thy servant, For unto Thee, O Lord, my soul I lift up. ### Notes on Psalm 86:4 - ## Psalm 86:5 - [KJV] For thou, Lord, *art* good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. - [ASV] For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness unto all them that call upon thee. - [YLT] For Thou, Lord, *art* good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee. ### Notes on Psalm 86:5 - ## Psalm 86:6 - [KJV] Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. - [ASV] Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer; And hearken unto the voice of my supplications. - [YLT] Hear, O Jehovah, my prayer, And attend to the voice of my supplications. ### Notes on Psalm 86:6 - ## Psalm 86:7 - [KJV] In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. - [ASV] In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee; For thou wilt answer me. - [YLT] In a day of my distress I call Thee, For Thou dost answer me. ### Notes on Psalm 86:7 - ## Psalm 86:8 - [KJV] Among the gods *there is* none like unto thee, O Lord; neither *are there any works* like unto thy works. - [ASV] There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord; Neither *are there any works* like unto thy works. - [YLT] There is none like Thee among the gods, O Lord, And like Thy works there are none. ### Notes on Psalm 86:8 - ## Psalm 86:9 - [KJV] All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. - [ASV] All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; And they shall glorify thy name. - [YLT] All nations that Thou hast made Come and bow themselves before Thee, O Lord, And give honour to Thy name. ### Notes on Psalm 86:9 - ## Psalm 86:10 - [KJV] For thou *art* great, and doest wondrous things: thou *art* God alone. - [ASV] For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: Thou art God alone. - [YLT] For great *art* Thou, and doing wonders, Thou *art* God Thyself alone. ### Notes on Psalm 86:10 - ## Psalm 86:11 - [KJV] Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. - [ASV] Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: Unite my heart to fear thy name. - [YLT] Show me, O Jehovah, Thy way, I walk in Thy truth, My heart doth rejoice to fear Thy name. ### Notes on Psalm 86:11 - ## Psalm 86:12 - [KJV] I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. - [ASV] I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; And I will glorify thy name for evermore. - [YLT] I confess Thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I honour Thy name to the age. ### Notes on Psalm 86:12 - ## Psalm 86:13 - [KJV] For great *is* thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. - [ASV] For great is thy lovingkindness toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. - [YLT] For Thy kindness *is* great toward me, And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. ### Notes on Psalm 86:13 - ## Psalm 86:14 - [KJV] O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent *men* have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them. - [ASV] O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them. - [YLT] O God, the proud have risen up against me, And a company of the terrible sought my soul, And have not placed Thee before them, ### Notes on Psalm 86:14 - ## Psalm 86:15 - [KJV] But thou, O Lord, *art* a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. - [ASV] But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth. - [YLT] And Thou, O Lord, *art* God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth. ### Notes on Psalm 86:15 - ## Psalm 86:16 - [KJV] O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. - [ASV] Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; Give thy strength unto thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid. - [YLT] Look unto me, and favour me, Give Thy strength to Thy servant, And give salvation to a son of Thine handmaid. ### Notes on Psalm 86:16 - ## Psalm 86:17 - [KJV] Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see *it*, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me. - [ASV] Show me a token for good, That they who hate me may see it, and be put to shame, Because thou, Jehovah, hast helped me, and comforted me. - [YLT] Do with me a sign for good, And those hating me see and are ashamed, For Thou, O Jehovah, hast helped me, Yea, Thou hast comforted me! ### Notes on Psalm 86:17 -