Through My Bible Yr 2 – June 18

Psalm 86

A prayer of David.

¹ Hear, O LORD, and answer me,
for I am poor and needy.

² Guard my life, for I am devoted to you.
You are my God; save your servant
who trusts in you.

³ Have mercy on me, O Lord,
for I call to you all day long.

⁴ Bring joy to your servant,
for to you, O Lord,
I lift up my soul.

⁵ You are forgiving and good, O Lord,
abounding in love to all who call to you.

⁶ Hear my prayer, O LORD;
listen to my cry for mercy.

⁷ In the day of my trouble I will call to you,
for you will answer me.

⁸ Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord;
no deeds can compare with yours.

⁹ All the nations you have made
will come and worship before you, O Lord;
they will bring glory to your name.

¹⁰ For you are great and do marvelous deeds;
you alone are God.

¹¹ Teach me your way, O LORD,
and I will walk in your truth;
give me an undivided heart,
that I may fear your name.

¹² I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart;
I will glorify your name forever.

¹³ For great is your love toward me;
you have delivered me from the depths of the grave. ^[a]

¹⁴ The arrogant are attacking me, O God;
a band of ruthless men seeks my life—
men without regard for you.

¹⁵ But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.

¹⁶ Turn to me and have mercy on me;
grant your strength to your servant
and save the son of your maidservant. ^[b]

¹⁷ Give me a sign of your goodness,
that my enemies may see it and be put to shame,
for you, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

Psalm 87

Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. A song.

¹He has set his foundation on the holy mountain;

² the LORD loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

³ Glorious things are said of you,
O city of God:
Selah

⁴ “I will record Rahab ^[c] and Babylon
among those who acknowledge me—
Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush^[d]—
and will say, ‘This ^[e]one was born in Zion.’ ”

⁵ Indeed, of Zion it will be said,
“This one and that one were born in her,
and the Most High himself will establish her.”

⁶ The LORD will write in the register of the peoples:
“This one was born in Zion.”
Selah

⁷ As they make music they will sing,
“All my fountains are in you.”

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 86:13 Hebrew Sheol
2. Psalm 86:16 Or save your faithful son
3. Psalm 87:4 A poetic name for Egypt
4. Psalm 87:4 That is, the upper Nile region
5. Psalm 87:4 Or “O Rahab and Babylon, / Philistia, Tyre and Cush, / I will record concerning those who acknowledge me: / ‘This

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright©1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.