Psalms 86:2

David asks God to preserve his life, appealing to his devotion and trust. He rests his plea on God's covenant relationship, not self-righteousness.

Cross-references · 23

• Ps 25:2My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.
• Ps 4:3But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself him who is godly: Yahweh will hear when I call to him.
• Ps 31:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.
• Ps 18:19He brought me out also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
• Ps 119:94I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
• Ps 13:5But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.
• Isa 26:3–4You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
• John 17:11I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.
• Ps 16:1A Poem by David. Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.
• John 12:26If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
• Rom 9:18So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
• 1 Sam 2:9He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength.
• Deut 7:7–8Yahweh didn’t set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples:
• Ps 119:124–125Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.
• Ps 37:28For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
• Rom 15:12–13Again, Isaiah says, “There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will hope.”
• Ps 50:5“Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
• Eph 1:12–13to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
• John 10:27–29My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
• Ps 31:14But I trust in you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my God.”
• Rom 9:23–24and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,
• Ps 143:12In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant.
• 1 Pet 5:3–5neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

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