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PSALM 86 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE

First Line: THY GRACIOUS EAR, O LORD, INCLINE
Last Line: DOST HELP AND COMFORT ME.
Subject(s): HOLIDAYS; THANKSGIVING DAY;
1 Thy @3gracious@1 ear, O Lord, incline,
O hear me @3I thee pray@1,
For I am poor, and almost pine
With need, @3and sad decay@1.
2 Preserve my soul, for I have trod
Thy ways, and love the just;
Save thou thy servant O my God
Who @3still@1 in thee doth trust.
3 Pity me Lord for daily thee
I call; 4 O make rejoice
Thy servant's soul; for Lord to thee
I lift my soul @3and voice@1;
5 For thou art good, thou Lord art prone
To pardon, thou to all
Art full of mercy, thou @3alone@1
To them that on thee call.
6 Unto my supplication Lord
Give ear, and to the cry
Of my @3incessant@1 prayers afford
Thy hearing graciously.
7 I in the day of my distress
Will call on thee @3for aid@1;
For thou wilt @3grant@1 me @3free access
And@1 answer, @3what I prayed@1.
8 Like thee among the gods is none
O Lord, nor any works
@3Of all that other gods have done@1
Like to thy @3glorious@1 works.
9 The nations all whom thou hast made
Shall come, @3and all shall frame@1
To bow them low before the Lord,
And glorify thy name.
10 For great thou art, and wonders great
By thy strong hand are done;
Thou @3in thy everlasting seat@1
Remainest God alone.
11 Teach me O Lord thy way @3most right@1;
I in thy truth will bide;
To fear thy name my heart unite,
@3So shall it never slide@1.
12 Thee will I praise O Lord my God
@3Thee honour, and adore@1
With my whole heart, and blaze abroad
Thy name for evermore.
13 For great thy mercy is toward me,
And thou hast freed my soul,
Ev'n from the lowest Hell set free,
@3From deepest darkness foul@1.
14 O God the proud against me rise
And violent men are met
To seek my life, and in their eyes
No fear of thee have set.
15 But thou Lord art the God most mild,
Readiest thy grace to show,
Slow to be angry, and @3art styled@1
Most merciful, most true.
16 O turn to me @3thy face at length@1,
And me have mercy on;
Unto thy servant give thy strength,
And save thy handmaid's son.
17 Some sign of good to me afford,
And let my foes @3then@1 see
And be ashamed, because thou Lord
Dost help and comfort me.



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