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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 ·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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