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Psalms 86

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Part of Book III📖 Psalms introduction

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1Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. ✦ 2Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. ✦ 3Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily. ✦ 4Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. ✦ 5For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. ✦ 6Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. ✦ 7In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. ✦ 8Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works. ✦ 9All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. ✦ 10For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone. ✦ 11Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. ✦ 12I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. ✦ 13For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. ✦ 14O 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. ✦ 15But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. ✦ 16O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. ✦ 17Shew 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. ✦

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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

    Sermons and chapter teaching from across YouTube.

  • 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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