Psalm 86
Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 86
Lament and Petition
A prayer of David.
1 Listen, Lord, and answer me,
for I am poor and needy.(A)
2 Protect my life, for I am faithful.(B)
You are my God; save your servant who trusts in you.(C)
3 Be gracious to me, Lord,
for I call to you all day long.(D)
4 Bring joy to your servant’s life,
because I appeal to you, Lord.(E)
5 For you, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive,(F)
abounding in faithful love to all who call on you.(G)
6 Lord, hear my prayer;
listen to my cries for mercy.(H)
7 I call on you in the day of my distress,
for you will answer me.(I)
8 Lord, there is no one like you among the gods,
and there are no works like yours.(J)
9 All the nations you have made
will come and bow down before you, Lord,
and will honor your name.(K)
10 For you are great and perform wonders;
you alone are God.(L)
11 Teach me your way, Lord,
and I will live by your truth.
Give me an undivided mind to fear your name.(M)
12 I will praise you with all my heart, Lord my God,
and will honor your name forever.(N)
13 For your faithful love for me is great,
and you rescue my life from the depths of Sheol.(O)
14 God, arrogant people have attacked me;
a gang of ruthless men intends to kill me.
They do not let you guide them.[a](P)
15 But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth.(Q)
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me.
Give your strength to your servant;
save the son of your female servant.(R)
17 Show me a sign of your goodness;
my enemies will see and be put to shame
because you, Lord, have helped and comforted me.(S)
Footnotes
- 86:14 Lit They do not set you in front of them
Proverbs 21:23-24
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23 The one who guards his mouth and tongue
keeps himself out of trouble.(A)
24 The arrogant and proud person, named “Mocker,”
acts with excessive arrogance.(B)
Isaiah 56:9-57:21
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Unrighteous Leaders Condemned
9 All you animals of the field and forest,
come and eat!
10 Israel’s[a] watchmen(A) are blind, all of them,
they know nothing;
all of them are mute dogs,
they cannot bark;
they dream, lie down,
and love to sleep.
11 These dogs have fierce appetites;
they never have enough.
And they are shepherds
who have no discernment;
all of them turn to their own way,
every last one for his own profit.(B)
12 “Come, let me get some wine,
let’s guzzle some beer;
and tomorrow will be like today,
only far better!” (C)
57 The righteous person perishes,
and no one takes it to heart;
the faithful are taken away,
with no one realizing
that the righteous person is taken away
because of[b] evil.
2 He will enter into peace—
they will rest on their beds[c]—
everyone who lives uprightly.
Pagan Religion Denounced
3 But come here,
you witch’s sons,
offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute![d]
4 Who are you mocking?
Who are you opening your mouth
and sticking out your tongue at?
Isn’t it you, you rebellious children,(D)
you offspring of liars,
5 who burn with lust among the oaks,
under every green tree,(E)
who slaughter children in the wadis
below the clefts of the rocks?(F)
6 Your portion is among the smooth stones of the wadi;
indeed, they are your lot.
You have even poured out a drink offering to them;
you have offered a grain offering;
should I be satisfied with these?
7 You have placed your bed
on a high and lofty mountain;(G)
you also went up there to offer sacrifice.
8 You have set up your memorial
behind the door and doorpost.
For away from me, you stripped,
went up, and made your bed wide,(H)
and you have made a bargain[e] for yourself with them.
You have loved their bed;
you have gazed on their genitals.[f][g]
9 You went to the king with oil
and multiplied your perfumes;
you sent your envoys far away(I)
and sent them down even to Sheol.
10 You became weary on your many journeys,
but you did not say, “It’s hopeless!” (J)
You found a renewal of your strength;[h]
therefore you did not grow weak.
11 Who was it you dreaded and feared,
so that you lied and didn’t remember me
or take it to heart?
I have kept silent for a long time, haven’t I?[i](K)
So you do not fear me.
12 I will announce your righteousness,
and your works—they will not profit you.
13 When you cry out,
let your collection of idols rescue you!
The wind will carry all of them off,
a breath will take them away.
But whoever takes refuge in me
will inherit the land(L)
and possess my holy mountain.(M)
Healing and Peace
14 He said,
“Build it up, build it up, prepare the way,
remove every obstacle from my people’s way.”(N)
15 For the High and Exalted One,
who lives forever, whose name is holy,(O) says this:
“I live in a high and holy place,
and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit,(P)
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and revive the heart of the oppressed.(Q)
16 For I will not accuse you forever,
and I will not always be angry;(R)
for then the spirit would grow weak before me,
even the breath, which I have made.
17 Because of his sinful greed I was angry,(S)
so I struck him; I was angry and hid;
but he went on turning back to the desires of his heart.
18 I have seen his ways, but I will heal him;
I will lead him and restore comfort
to him and his mourners,(T)
19 creating words of praise.”[j](U)
The Lord says,
“Peace, peace to the one who is far or near,(V)
and I will heal him.
20 But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea,(W)
for it cannot be still,
and its water churns up mire and muck.
21 There is no peace for the wicked,”
says my God.(X)
Footnotes
- 56:10 Or His, or Its
- 57:1 Or taken away from the presence of
- 57:2 Either their deathbeds or their graves
- 57:3 Lit and she acted as a prostitute
- 57:8 Lit you cut
- 57:8 Lit hand
- 57:8 In Hb, the word “hand” is probably a euphemism for genitals.
- 57:10 Lit found life of your hand
- 57:11 LXX reads And I, when I see you, I pass by
- 57:19 Lit creating fruit of the lips
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