New English Translation
Psalms 86:1
1Listen O Lord! Answer me! For I am oppressed 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
Listen O Lord! Answer me! For I am oppressed and needy. 2Protect me, for I am loyal! O my God, deliver your servant, who trusts in you! 3Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry out to you all day long!
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הַטֵּֽה־יְהוָ֣ה אָזְנְךָ֣ עֲנֵ֑נִי כִּֽי־עָנִ֖י וְאֶבְי֣וֹן אָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 86:1
- Psalms 102:1O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!
- Psalms 142:1To the Lord I cry out; to the Lord I plead for mercy.
- Psalms 31:2Listen to me! Quickly deliver me! Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe!
- Isaiah 37:17Pay attention, Lord, and hear! Open your eyes, Lord, and observe! Listen to this entire message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God!
- Daniel 9:18Listen attentively, my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins and the city called by your name. For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, but because your compassion is abundant.
- Psalms 10:14You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.
- Psalms 34:6This oppressed man cried out and the Lord heard; he saved him from all his troubles.
- Psalms 40:17I am oppressed and needy! May the Lord pay attention to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O my God, do not delay!
- Psalms 72:12For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.
- Psalms 102:17when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, and does not reject their request.
- Psalms 119:22Spare me shame and humiliation, for I observe your rules.
- Psalms 140:12I know that the Lord defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.
- Isaiah 66:2My hand made them; that is how they came to be,” says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.
- Matthew 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
- Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,
- James 1:9Now the believer of humble means should take pride 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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