New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 86:1
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
Incline Your ear, Lord, and answer me; For I am afflicted and needy. 2Protect my soul, for I am godly; You my God, save Your servant who trusts in You. 3Be gracious to me, Lord, For I call upon You all day long.
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הַטֵּֽה־יְהוָ֣ה אָזְנְךָ֣ עֲנֵ֑נִי כִּֽי־עָנִ֖י וְאֶבְי֣וֹן אָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 86:1
- Psalms 102:1Hear my prayer, Lord! And let my cry for help come to You.
- Psalms 142:1I cry out with my voice to the Lord; With my voice I implore the Lord for compassion.
- Psalms 31:2Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly; Be a rock of strength for me, A stronghold to save me.
- Isaiah 37:17Incline Your ear, Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, Lord, and see; and listen to all the words of Sennacherib, who sent them to taunt the living God.
- Daniel 9:18My God, incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our pleas before You based on any merits of our own, but based on Your great compassion.
- Psalms 10:14You have seen it, for You have looked at harm and provocation to take it into Your hand. The unfortunate commits himself to You; You have been the helper of the orphan.
- Psalms 34:6This wretched man cried out, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
- Psalms 40:17But I am afflicted and needy; May the Lord be mindful of me. You are my help and my savior; Do not delay, my God.
- Psalms 72:12For he will save the needy when he cries for help, The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.
- Psalms 102:17He has turned His attention to the prayer of the destitute And has not despised their prayer.
- Psalms 119:22Take disgrace and contempt away from me, For I comply with Your testimonies.
- Psalms 140:12I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the poor.
- Isaiah 66:2For My hand made all these things, So all these things came into being,” declares the Lord. “But I will look to this one, At one who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who trembles at My word.
- Matthew 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He anointed Me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to captives, And recovery of sight to the blind, To set free those who are oppressed,
- James 1:9Now the brother or sister of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position;
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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