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Psalm 86

Dauid ſore afflicted & forſaken of all, prayeth feruently for deliuerance: ſometimes rehearſing his miſeries, ſometimes the mercies receiued, 11 Deſiring alſo to be inſtructed of the Lord, that he maie feare him and glorifie his Name. 14 He complaineth alſo of his aduerſaries, & requireth to be deliuered from them. ¶A prayer of Dauid.
1.INcline thine eare, ô Lord, and heare me: for I am poore and nedie.
2.Preſerue thou my ſoule, for I am merciful: my God, ſaue thou thy ſeruant, that truſteth in thee.
3.Be merciful vnto me, ô Lord: for I crye vpon thee continually.
4.Reioyce the ſoule of thy ſeruant: for vnto thee, ô Lord, do I lift vp my ſoule.
5.For thou, Lord, art good and merciful, & of great kindenes vnto all them, that call vpon thee.
6.Giue eare, Lord, vnto my prayer, & hearken to the voyce of my ſupplicacion.
7.In the daye of my trouble I wil call vpō thee: for thou heareſt me.
8.Among the gods there is none like thee, ô Lord, and there is none that can do like thy workes.
9.All nations, whome thou haſt made, ſhal come and worſhip before thee, ô Lord, and ſhal glorifie thy Name.
10.For thou art great and doeſt wonderous things: thou art God alone.
11.Teache me thy waie, ô Lord, and I wil walke in thy trueth: knit mine heart vnto thee, that I maie feare thy Name.
12.I wil praiſe thee, ô Lord my God, with all mine heart: yea, I wil glorifie thy Name for euer.
13.For great is thy mercie towarde me, and thou haſt deliuered my ſoule from the loweſt graue.
14.O God, the proude are riſen againſt me, and the aſſemblies of violent men haue ſoght my ſoule, and haue not ſet thee before them.
15.But thou, ô Lord, art a pitiful God and merciful, ſlowe to angre and great in kindenes and trueth.
16.Turne vnto me, and haue mercie vpon me: giue thy ſtrength vnto thy ſeruant, & ſaue the ſonne of thine handmaid.
17.Shewe a token of thy goodnes towarde me, that they which hate me, maie ſe it, & be aſhamed, becauſe thou, ô Lord, haſt holpen me and comforted me.

Notes

1:a.
Dauid perſecuted of Saúl, thus praied, leauing the ſame to the Church as a monumēt, how to ſeke redreſſe againſt their miſeries
2:b.
I am not enemie to the, but pitie thē, thogh thei be cruel toward me.
3:c.
Which was a ſure token yt he beleued yt God wolde deliuer him
5:d.
He doeth cōfeſſe that God is good to all, but onely merciful to poore ſinners
6:e.
By crying and calling cōtinually, he ſheweth how we maie not be wearie, thogh God grante not forthewith our requeſt, but that we muſt earneſtly, and often call vpon him.
8:f.
He cōdēneth all idoles, foraſmuche as thei can do no workes to declare that thei are gods.
9:g.
This proueth yt Dauid praied in the name of Chriſt ye Meſſias, of whoſe kingdome he doeth here prophecie.
11:h.
He cōfeſſeth him ſelf ignorant til God hathe taught him, and his heart variable & ſeperat frō God, til God ioyne it to hī & cōfirme it in his obediēce
13:i.
That is, from moſte great danger of death: out of the which none, but onely the mightie hand of God, colde deliuer him
14:k.
He ſheweth that there can be no moderation nor equitie, where proude tyrants reigne & that the lacke of Gods feare is as a priuiledge to all vice and crueltie
16:l.
He boaſteth not of his owne vertues, but cōfeſſeth that God of his fre goodnes hathe euer bene merciful vnto him & giuen him power againſt his enemies, as to one of his owne houſholde: