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 25:2in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
• Ps 4:3Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.
• Ps 31:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.
• Ps 18:19He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
• Ps 119:94I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
• Ps 13:5But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.
• Isa 26:3–4You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
• John 17:11I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.
• Ps 16:1A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
• John 12:26If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
• Rom 9:18Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
• 1 Sam 2:9He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
• Deut 7:7–8The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
• Ps 119:124–125Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.
• Ps 37:28For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
• Rom 15:12–13And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”
• Ps 50:5“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
• Eph 1:12–13in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
• John 10:27–29My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
• Ps 31:14But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
• Rom 9:23–24What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—
• Ps 143:12And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
• 1 Pet 5:3–5not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

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