Psalms 86

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 [Prayer Of David] Listen to me, Yahweh, answer me, for I am poor and needy.	1 A Canticle Psalm to the sons of Korah. Its foundations are in the holy mountains:
2 Guard me, for I am faithful, save your servant who relies on you. You are my God,	2 the Lord loves the gates of Zion above all the tabernacles of Jacob.
3 take pity on me, Lord, for to you I cry al the day.	3 Glorious things are being said of you, O City of God.
4 Fil your servant's heart with joy, Lord, for to you I raise up my heart.	4 I will be mindful of Rahab and of Babylon knowing me. Behold, the foreigners, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians: these have been there.
5 Lord, you are kind and forgiving, rich in faithful love for al who cal upon you.	5 Will not Zion say that this man and that man were born in her? And the Most High himself has founded her.
6 Yahweh, hear my prayer, listen to the sound of my pleading.	6 The Lord will explain, in the writings of peoples and of leaders, about those who have been in her.
7 In my day of distress I cal upon you, because you answer me, Lord;	7 For so the dwelling place within you is with all rejoicing.
8 among the gods there is none to compare with you, no great deeds to compare with yours.
9 Al nations wil come and adore you, Lord, and give glory to your name.
10 For you are great and do marvel ous deeds, you, God, and none other.
11 Teach me, Yahweh, your ways, that I may not stray from your loyalty; let my heart's one aim be tofear your name.
12 I thank you with al my heart, Lord my God, I wil glorify your name for ever,
13 for your faithful love for me is so great that you have rescued me from the depths of Sheol.
14 Arrogant men, God, are rising up against me, a brutal gang is after my life, in their scheme of thingsyou have no place.
15 But you, Lord, God of tenderness and mercy, slow to anger, rich in faithful love and loyalty,
16 turn to me and pity me. Give to your servant your strength, to the child of your servant your savinghelp,
17 give me a sign of your kindness.
18 My enemies wil see to their shame that you, Yahweh, help and console me.