Psalm 86

²Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.

¹⁷But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

¹⁸Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.

³“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

⁶This poor man called out, and the Lord heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.

⁹The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.

¹⁰But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

³Know that the Lord has set apart the godly for Himself; the Lord hears when I call to Him.

²in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.

⁹⁴I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.

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.

³You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.

⁴Trust in the Lord forever, because God the Lord is the Rock eternal.

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.

⁹My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O Lord; I spread out my hands to You.

¹For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.

¹⁸Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

⁵Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

¹For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.

¹⁷Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.

⁸Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.

¹Of David. To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul;

¹³As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”

¹⁴When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the Lord will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.

¹²Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.

³to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.

⁸Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah

⁸The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.

⁹The Lord is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.

¹³So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the Lord your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

⁶Then the Lord passed in front of Moses and called out: “The Lord, the Lord God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

⁸The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

¹⁷They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.

²¹And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

¹For the choirmaster, to be accompanied by flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O Lord; consider my groaning.

²Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.

¹A prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it comes from lips free of deceit.

¹For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.

²O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.

²saying: “In my distress I called to the Lord, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.

⁴I sought the Lord, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.

⁵Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.

⁶I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.

¹⁵Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

⁷During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

⁵⁵I called on Your name, O Lord, out of the depths of the Pit.

⁵⁶You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.”

¹¹Who among the gods is like You, O Lord? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?

²⁴“O Lord God, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?

⁶For who in the skies can compare with the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?

²⁹Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”

²⁵“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.

⁸O Lord God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty Lord, Your faithfulness surrounds You.

⁴Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”

²³From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the Lord.

⁴All the earth bows down to You; they sing praise to You; they sing praise to Your name.” Selah

²In the last days the mountain of the house of the Lord will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.

³And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

¹⁵Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”

¹⁵So the nations will fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.

¹⁶“O Lord of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

²⁹Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.

¹⁸Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.

⁴So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.

¹¹Who among the gods is like You, O Lord? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?

³⁹See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

³⁸They will be My people, and I will be their God.

³⁹I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.

⁴Show me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths.

⁵Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

⁸Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.

⁸Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.

⁹Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord; I flee to You for refuge.

³³Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.

³²Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’

⁵And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

¹Hallelujah! Praise the Lord, O my soul.

²I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

⁵Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”

⁶And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.

⁶so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

³¹So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

¹In that day you will say: “O Lord, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.

⁸The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

⁹He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.

⁸For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

¹⁰For Your loving devotion reaches to the heavens, and Your faithfulness to the clouds.

¹⁰and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

⁵⁸Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.

¹³For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

³For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah

¹When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.

²They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor.

⁴Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the Lord.

³At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

⁴and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

¹For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.

²⁷In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.

²⁸They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.

⁴But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

⁵made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

⁷O Israel, put your hope in the Lord, for with the Lord is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.

⁸The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

⁷In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

⁵For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.

⁸The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.

¹⁰Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.

¹³I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

²⁹He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

³⁰Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.

¹⁶Truly, O Lord, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.

¹⁶Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.

¹¹being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully

¹⁰But You, O Lord, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.

¹¹By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

¹⁷Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.

²⁰Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

²¹You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.

⁹Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.

¹⁰For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,

¹For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; He inclined to me and heard my cry.

⁸Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.

⁹Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the Lord, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.