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Psalms 86

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Part of Book III📖 Psalms introduction

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1A prayer of David. Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. ✦ 2Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You. ✦ 3Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I call to You all day long. ✦ 4Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul. ✦ 5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You. ✦ 6Hear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy. ✦ 7In the day of my distress I call on You, because You answer me. ✦ 8O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours. ✦ 9All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name. ✦ 10For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God. ✦ 11Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name. ✦ 12I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever. ✦ 13For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol. ✦ 14The arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, with no regard for You. ✦ 15But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness. ✦ 16Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant. ✦ 17Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Ps 119 ·12Ps 25 ·7Ps 145 ·5Rom 15 ·5Ps 130 ·5Ps 102 ·4Ps 72 ·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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