Psalm 86-88

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁸ There is none like you among the gods, O Lord,
    nor are there any works like yours.^(H)
9 All the nations you have made shall come
    and bow down before you, O Lord,
    and shall glorify your name.^(I)
10 For you are great and do wondrous things;
    you alone are God.^(J)
11 Teach me your way, O Lord,
    that I may walk in your truth;
    give me an undivided heart to revere your name.^(K)
12 I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,
    and I will glorify your name forever.
¹³ For great is your steadfast love toward me;
    you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.^(L)

¹⁴ O God, the insolent rise up against me;
    a band of ruffians seeks my life,
    and they do not set you before them.^(M)
15 But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.^(N)
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me;
    give your strength to your servant;
    save the child of your maidservant.^(O)
17 Show me a sign of your favor,
    so that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame,
    because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.^(P)

⁴ Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;
    Philistia, too, and Tyre, with Cush—
    “This one was born there,” they say.

⁵ And of Zion it shall be said,
    “This one and that one were born in it,”
    for the Most High himself will establish it.^(S)
6 The Lord records, as he registers the peoples,
    “This one was born there.” Selah^(T)

⁷ Singers and dancers alike say,
    “All my springs are in you.”^(U)

³ For my soul is full of troubles,
    and my life draws near to Sheol.^(X)
4 I am counted among those who go down to the Pit;
    I am like those who have no help,^(Y)
5 like those forsaken among the dead,
    like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom you remember no more,
    for they are cut off from your hand.^(Z)
6 You have put me in the depths of the Pit,
    in the regions dark and deep.^(AA)
7 Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
    and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah^(AB)

⁸ You have caused my companions to shun me;
    you have made me a thing of horror to them.
I am shut in so that I cannot escape;^(AC)
9     my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call on you, O Lord;
    I spread out my hands to you.^(AD)
10 Do you work wonders for the dead?
    Do the shades rise up to praise you? Selah^(AE)
11 Is your steadfast love declared in the grave
    or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
¹² Are your wonders known in the darkness
    or your saving help in the land of forgetfulness?^(AF)

¹³ But I, O Lord, cry out to you;
    in the morning my prayer comes before you.^(AG)
14 O Lord, why do you cast me off?
    Why do you hide your face from me?^(AH)
15 Wretched and close to death from my youth up,
    I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.^[a](AI)
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
    your dread assaults destroy me.
¹⁷ They surround me like a flood all day long;
    from all sides they close in on me.^(AJ)
18 You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me;
    my companions are in darkness.^(AK)