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Psalms 86

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Part of Book III📖 Psalms introduction

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1A Prayer by David. Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. ✦ 2Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you. ✦ 3Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long. ✦ 4Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul. ✦ 5For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you. ✦ 6Hear, Yahweh, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions. ✦ 7In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me. ✦ 8There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds. ✦ 9All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name. ✦ 10For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone. ✦ 11Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name. ✦ 12I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more. ✦ 13For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. ✦ 14God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don’t hold regard for you before them. ✦ 15But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth. ✦ 16Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your servant. ✦ 17Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and comforted me. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Ps 119 ·12Ps 25 ·7Ps 145 ·5Ps 130 ·5Rom 15 ·5Ps 103 ·4Eph 1 ·4Ps 10 ·4

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 86 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Resources, by level

Lay

  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Psalms 86YouTube · Lay · Free

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 86David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 86Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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