Psalms 86
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
2Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
3Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
4Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
5For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
6Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
7In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
8Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
9All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
10For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
11Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
12I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
13For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
14O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
15But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
16O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
17Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- כִּיkîyH35889× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- אֲדֹנָיʼĂdônâyH1367× in this chapter
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
- אַתָּהʼattâhH8596× in this chapter
thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4305× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53155× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30684× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- כֹּלkôlH36054× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אֵלʼêlH4134× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- חֵסֵדchêçêdH26173× in this chapter
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
- עֶבֶדʻebedH56503× in this chapter
a servant
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62133× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- קָרָאqârâʼH71213× in this chapter
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- שֵׁםshêmH80343× in this chapter
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
- גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14192× in this chapter
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- חָנַןchânanH26032× in this chapter
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
- טוֹבṭôwbH28962× in this chapter
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
- יוֹםyôwmH31172× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- יָשַׁעyâshaʻH34672× in this chapter
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
- כָּבַדkâbadH35132× in this chapter
to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
- אַיִןʼayinH3692× in this chapter
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
- לֵבָבlêbâbH38242× in this chapter
the heart (as the most interior organ);
- אֶמֶתʼemethH5712× in this chapter
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
- אֲנִיʼănîyH5892× in this chapter
I
- עַלʻalH59212× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- עָנָהʻânâhH60302× in this chapter
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
- רַבrabH72272× in this chapter
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
- תְּפִלָּהtᵉphillâhH86052× in this chapter
intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn
- בֵּןbênH11211× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- בָּקַשׁbâqashH12451× in this chapter
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
- גּוֹיgôwyH14711× in this chapter
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- דָּוִדDâvidH17321× in this chapter
David, the youngest son of Jesse
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18701× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- הָלַךְhâlakH19801× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- זֵדzêdH20861× in this chapter
arrogant
- אוֹתʼôwthH2261× in this chapter
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
- אָזַןʼâzanH2381× in this chapter
to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listen
- אֹזֶןʼôzenH2411× in this chapter
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
- חַנּוּןchannûwnH25871× in this chapter
gracious
- חָסִידchâçîydH26231× in this chapter
properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
- יָדָהyâdâhH30341× in this chapter
physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)