American Standard Version
Psalms 86:1
1Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me;For I am poor and needy.
Psalms 86:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
- New International Version (NIV)Hear me, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Bow down Your ear, O Lord, hear me; For I am poor and needy.
Context of Psalms 86:1
Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me; For I am poor and needy. 2Preserve my soul; for I am godly: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. 3Be merciful unto me, O Lord; For unto thee do I cry all the day long.
Read all of Psalms 86Psalms 86:1 word by word
הַטֵּֽה־יְהוָ֣ה אָזְנְךָ֣ עֲנֵ֑נִי כִּֽי־עָנִ֖י וְאֶבְי֣וֹן אָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 86:1
- Psalms 102:1Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee.
- Psalms 142:1I cry with my voice unto Jehovah; With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.
- Psalms 31:2Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.
- Isaiah 37:17Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to defy the living God.
- Daniel 9:18O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies’ sake.
- Psalms 10:14Thou hast seenit; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
- Psalms 34:6This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
- Psalms 40:17But I am poor and needy; Yetthe Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.
- Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper.
- Psalms 102:17He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.
- Psalms 119:22Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.
- Psalms 140:12I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.
- Isaiah 66:2For all these things hath my hand made, and so all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.
- Matthew 5:3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,
- James 1:9But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate:
Commentaries on Psalms 86:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Bow down thine ear - Spoken after the manner of men: I am so low, and so weak, that, unless thou stoop to me, my voice cannot reach thee. Poor and needy - I am afflicted, and destitute of the necessaries of life.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me - See the notes at Psalm 5:1. For I am poor and needy - This is the reason here assigned why God should hear him. It is not a plea of merit. It is not that there was any claim on God in the fact that he was a poor and needy man - a sinner helpless and dependent, or that it would be any injustice if God should not hear, for a sinner has no claim to favor; but it is that this was a condition in which the aid of God was…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The psalmist pleads his earnestness, and the mercy of God, as reasons why his prayer should be heard. (1-7) He renews his requests for help and comfort. (8-17) Verses 1-7 Our poverty and wretchedness, when felt, powerfully plead in our behalf at the throne of grace. The best self-preservation is to commit ourselves to God's keeping. I am one whom thou favourest, hast set apart for thyself, and made partaker of sanctifying grace. It is a great…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1This is the only Psalm connected to David in the third book.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-171-2. poor and needy--a suffering child of God, as in Psa 10:12, 17; 18:27. I am holy--or, "godly," as in Psa 4:3; 85:8.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 86
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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