## Psalms Chapter 86

###### Psalms 86:1
[Psalms 86:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/86:1)

תְּפִלָּ֗ה לְדָ֫וִ֥ד הַטֵּֽה־יְהֹוָ֣ה אׇזְנְךָ֣ עֲנֵ֑נִי כִּֽי־עָנִ֖י וְאֶבְי֣וֹן אָֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A Prayer of David. Incline Thy ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A prayer of David. Incline, O L rd, Your ear, and answer me; for I am poor and destitute.


###### Psalms 86:2
[Psalms 86:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/86:2)

שׇׁ֥מְרָ֣ה נַפְשִׁי֮ כִּֽי־חָסִ֢יד אָ֥֫נִי הוֹשַׁ֣ע עַ֭בְדְּךָ אַתָּ֣ה אֱלֹהַ֑י הַבּוֹטֵ֥חַ אֵלֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Preserve my soul; for I am godly: O Thou my God, save Thy servant who trusts in Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Guard my soul for I am saintly [(remaining silent to insult and abuse though I have the power to avenge myself)]. Help Your servant (You, my G d), who trusts in You.


###### Psalms 86:3
[Psalms 86:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/86:3)

חׇנֵּ֥נִי אֲדֹנָ֑י כִּ֥י אֵלֶ֥יךָ אֶ֝קְרָ֗א כׇּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Be gracious to me, O Lord: for I cry to Thee daily.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Be gracious unto me, O L rd, for unto You do I call all the day.


###### Psalms 86:4
[Psalms 86:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/86:4)

שַׂ֭מֵּחַ נֶ֣פֶשׁ עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֥י אֵלֶ֥יךָ אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י נַפְשִׁ֥י אֶשָּֽׂא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Rejoice the soul of Thy servant: for to Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Rejoice the soul of Your servant, for unto You, O L rd, do I lift my soul [i.e., direct my heart].


###### Psalms 86:5
[Psalms 86:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/86:5)

כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה אֲ֭דֹנָי ט֣וֹב וְסַלָּ֑ח וְרַב־חֶ֝֗סֶד לְכׇל־קֹֽרְאֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and of bountiful love towards all those who call upon Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For You, O L rd, are good and forgiving, and profuse in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.


###### Psalms 86:6
[Psalms 86:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/86:6)

הַאֲזִ֣ינָה יְ֭הֹוָה תְּפִלָּתִ֑י וְ֝הַקְשִׁ֗יבָה בְּק֣וֹל תַּחֲנוּנוֹתָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Hear, O L rd, my prayer, and give ear to the voice of my supplications.


###### Psalms 86:7
[Psalms 86:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/86:7)

בְּי֣וֹם צָ֭רָתִֽי אֶקְרָאֶ֗ךָּ כִּ֣י תַעֲנֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
On the day of my trouble I will call upon Thee: for Thou wilt answer me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I call You in the day of my distress, [confident] that You will answer me.


###### Psalms 86:8
[Psalms 86:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/86:8)

אֵין־כָּמ֖וֹךָ בָאֱלֹהִ֥ים׀אֲדֹנָ֗י וְאֵ֣ין כְּֽמַעֲשֶֽׂיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Among the gods there is none like Thee, O Lord; nor are there any works like Thine.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
There is none like You among the heavenly ones, O L rd, and there are none like Your deeds.


###### Psalms 86:9
[Psalms 86:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/86:9)

כׇּל־גּוֹיִ֤ם**׀** אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֗יתָ יָב֤וֹאוּ**׀** וְיִשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּ לְפָנֶ֣יךָ אֲדֹנָ֑י וִ֖יכַבְּד֣וּ לִשְׁמֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
All nations whom Thou hast made shall come and prostrate themselves before Thee, O Lord; and shall glorify Thy name.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
All the nations that You made will come and bow down before You, O L rd, and they will give honor to Your name.


###### Psalms 86:10
[Psalms 86:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/86:10)

כִּֽי־גָד֣וֹל אַ֭תָּה וְעֹשֵׂ֣ה נִפְלָא֑וֹת אַתָּ֖ה אֱלֹהִ֣ים לְבַדֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Thou art great, and doest wondrous things: Thou art God alone.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For You are great and perform wonders, You, G d, alone. [(Heaven and earth were created before the angels were created, wherefore the nations will honor Your name alone (as the Creator, and not theirs)].


###### Psalms 86:11
[Psalms 86:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/86:11)

ה֘וֹרֵ֤נִי יְהֹוָ֨ה**׀** דַּרְכֶּ֗ךָ אֲהַלֵּ֥ךְ בַּאֲמִתֶּ֑ךָ יַחֵ֥ד לְ֝בָבִ֗י לְיִרְאָ֥ה שְׁמֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Teach me Thy way, O Lord; I will walk in Thy truth: make my heart single to fear Thy name.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Teach me, O L rd, Your ways, so that I may walk in Your truth. Make my heart one, in fear of Your name.


###### Psalms 86:12
[Psalms 86:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/86:12)

אוֹדְךָ֤**׀** אֲדֹנָ֣י אֱ֭לֹהַי בְּכׇל־לְבָבִ֑י וַאֲכַבְּדָ֖ה שִׁמְךָ֣ לְעוֹלָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will thank Thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify Thy name for evermore.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall thank You, O L rd my G d, with all of my heart, and I shall extol Your name forever.


###### Psalms 86:13
[Psalms 86:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/86:13)

כִּֽי־חַ֭סְדְּךָ גָּד֣וֹל עָלָ֑י וְהִצַּ֥לְתָּ נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י מִשְּׁא֥וֹל תַּחְתִּיָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For great is Thy steadfast love towards me: and Thou hast delivered my soul from the depths of She᾽ol.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For Your lovingkindness is great upon me, and You have rescued my soul from the nether sheol [(whither adulterers are relegated) by removing my transgression [with Bathsheva, viz. II Samuel 12:13].


###### Psalms 86:14
[Psalms 86:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/86:14)

אֱלֹהִ֤ים**׀** זֵ֘דִ֤ים קָמוּ־עָלַ֗י וַעֲדַ֣ת עָ֭רִיצִים בִּקְשׁ֣וּ נַפְשִׁ֑י וְלֹ֖א שָׂמ֣וּךָ לְנֶגְדָּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assembly of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set Thee before them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O G d, evil-doers have arisen against me, and the assembly of the arrogant have sought my soul and not placed You [i.e., Your fear] before their faces.


###### Psalms 86:15
[Psalms 86:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/86:15)

וְאַתָּ֣ה אֲ֭דֹנָי אֵל־רַח֣וּם וְחַנּ֑וּן אֶ֥רֶךְ אַ֝פַּ֗יִם וְרַב־חֶ֥סֶד וֶאֱמֶֽת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and bountiful in love and truth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And You, O L rd, are a merciful and gracious G d, withholding wrath and profuse in lovingkindness and in truth.


###### Psalms 86:16
[Psalms 86:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/86:16)

פְּנֵ֥ה אֵלַ֗י וְחׇ֫נֵּ֥נִי תְּנָֽה־עֻזְּךָ֥ לְעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝הוֹשִׁ֗יעָה לְבֶן־אֲמָתֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O turn to me, and have mercy upon me; give Thy strength to Thy servant, and save the son of Thy handmaid.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Turn to me and be gracious unto me; give Your strength to Your servant and save the son of Your maidservant [(who humbles himself even more than a bought servant)].


###### Psalms 86:17
[Psalms 86:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/86:17)

עֲשֵֽׂה־עִמִּ֥י א֗וֹת לְט֫וֹבָ֥ה וְיִרְא֣וּ שֹׂנְאַ֣י וְיֵבֹ֑שׁוּ כִּֽי־אַתָּ֥ה יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה עֲזַרְתַּ֥נִי וְנִחַמְתָּֽנִי׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Show me a sign for good; that they who hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because Thou, Lord, hast helped me, and comforted me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Set up for me a sign of good, and let my foes see it and be abashed; for You, O L rd, have [ever] helped me and consoled me.