Psalm 85

The Twelfth Kathisma

¹ A Prayer of David.

O Lord, incline thine ear, and hearken to me;

for I am poor and needy.

² Preserve my soul, for I am holy;

save thy servant, O God, who hopeth in thee.

³ Pity me, O Lord: for to thee will I cry all the day.

⁴ Rejoice the soul of thy servant:

for to thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul.

⁵ For thou, O Lord, art kind, and gentle;

and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

⁶ Give ear to my prayer, O Lord;

and attend to the voice of my supplication.

⁷ In the day of my trouble I cried to thee: for thou didst hear me.

⁸ There is none like to thee, O Lord, among the gods;

and there are no works like to thy works.

⁹ All nations whom thou hast made shall come,

and shall worship before thee, O Lord;

and shall glorify thy name.

¹⁰ For thou art great, and doest wonders:

thou art the only and the great God.

¹¹ Guide me, O Lord, in thy way,

and I will walk in thy truth:

let my heart rejoice, that I may fear thy name.

¹² I will give thee thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart;

and I will glorify thy name for ever.

¹³ For thy mercy is great toward me;

and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

¹⁴ O God, transgressors have risen up against me,

and an assembly of violent men have sought my life;

and have not set thee before them.

¹⁵ But thou, O Lord God, art compassionate and merciful,

long-suffering, and abundant in mercy and true.

¹⁶ Look thou upon me, and have mercy upon me:

give thy strength to thy servant,

and save the son of thy handmaid.

¹⁷ Establish with me a token for good;

and let them that hate me see it and be ashamed;

because thou, O Lord, hast helped me, and comforted me.