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Psalms 86:1
1Lord, please listen to me, and answer me! I am weak and I need help.
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
Lord, please listen to me, and answer me! I am weak and I need help. 2I am your faithful servant, so keep my life safe! Please save me, my God, for I trust in you. 3My Lord, be kind to me. All through the day, I am calling to you for help.
Read all of Psalms 86Psalms 86:1 word by word
הַטֵּֽה־יְהוָ֣ה אָזְנְךָ֣ עֲנֵ֑נִי כִּֽי־עָנִ֖י וְאֶבְי֣וֹן אָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 86:1
- Psalms 102:1Lord, please hear my prayer! Listen to me when I call to you for help.
- Psalms 142:1I am calling to the Lord to help me. I ask him to be kind to me.
- Psalms 31:2Listen to me, and quickly send help to me. Lord, be a rock where I can hide. Be a strong place to keep me safe.
- Isaiah 37:17Lord, please listen carefully to me. Lord, look carefully at this letter. Listen to Sennacherib's message. He is insulting you, the God who lives for ever.
- Daniel 9:18Listen to us, my God. Our towns have become heaps of stones. See what has happened to the city that belongs to you. We do not ask you to do this because we are righteous people. We ask you because you are very kind.
- Psalms 10:14Surely, God, you see what is happening. You see how wicked people bring pain and trouble. You decide what to do about it. The weak person trusts that you will help him. You take care of children who have no father.
- Psalms 34:6I was weak and helpless, so I called out to the Lord. The Lord heard me. He saved me from all my troubles.
- Psalms 40:17But I am poor and weak, my Lord. Please continue to think about me. You are the one who helps me and who saves me. My God, come quickly to help me!
- Psalms 72:12He will rescue the poor person who calls out to him for help. He will save weak people who have nobody to help them.
- Psalms 102:17He will answer the prayers of poor people who have nothing. He will not refuse to help them.
- Psalms 119:22I obey your rules. So do not let people insult me, so that I become ashamed.
- Psalms 140:12I know that the Lord helps poor people. He makes sure that they receive justice.
- Isaiah 66:2I made all these things with my own hands. That is how everything began.’ The Lord says, ‘I am pleased with people who are humble. Those people are sorry when they do wrong things. They respect my teaching.
- Matthew 5:3‘Happy are the people who know that they need God very much. The kingdom of heaven belongs to people like that.
- Luke 4:18‘The Spirit of the Lord God is on me. He has chosen me to tell good news to poor people. He has sent me to tell people who are in prison, “You can go free!” I must say to people that cannot see, “See again!” I must cause people that are like slaves to become free.
- James 1:9The believers in your group who are poor should be happy. Why? Because God says that they are valuable to him.
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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