Psalms 85
Inclina, Domine. A prayer for God’s grace to assist us to the end.
A prayer for David himself. Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear me:
for I am needy and poor.
2 Preserve my soul, for I am holy:
save thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in thee. I am holy.... I am by my office and profession dedicated to thy service.
3 Have mercy on me, O Lord,
for I have cried to thee all the day.
4 Give joy to the soul of thy servant,
for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul.
5 For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild:
and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.
6 Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer:
and attend to the voice of my petition.
7 I have called upon thee in the day of my trouble:
because thou hast heard me.
8 There is none among the gods like unto thee, O Lord:
and there is none according to thy works.
9 All the nations thou hast made shall come and adore before thee, O Lord:
and they shall glorify thy name.
10 For thou art great and dost wonderful things:
thou art God alone.
11 Conduct me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth:
let my heart rejoice that it may fear thy name.
12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,
and I will glorify thy name for ever:
13 For thy mercy is great towards me:
and thou hast delivered my soul out of the lower hell.
14 O God, the wicked are risen up against me, and the assembly of the mighty have sought my soul:
and they have not set thee before their eyes.
15 And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion,
and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.
16 O look upon me, and have mercy on me:
give thy command to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.
17 Shew me a token for good:
that they who hate me may see, and be confounded, because thou, O Lord, hast helped me and hast comforted me.