Psalm 86:2
New International Version
Guard my life, for I am faithful to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God;

New Living Translation
Protect me, for I am devoted to you. Save me, for I serve you and trust you. You are my God.

English Standard Version
Preserve my life, for I am godly; save your servant, who trusts in you—you are my God.

Berean Standard Bible
Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.

King James Bible
Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

New King James Version
Preserve my life, for I am holy; You are my God; Save Your servant who trusts in You!

New American Standard Bible
Protect my soul, for I am godly; You my God, save Your servant who trusts in You.

NASB 1995
Preserve my soul, for I am a godly man; O You my God, save Your servant who trusts in You.

NASB 1977
Do preserve my soul, for I am a godly man; O Thou my God, save Thy servant who trusts in Thee.

Legacy Standard Bible
Keep my soul, for I am a holy one; O You my God, save Your slave who trusts in You.

Amplified Bible
Protect my life (soul), for I am godly and faithful; O You my God, save Your servant, who trusts in You [believing in You and relying on You, confidently committing everything to You].

Christian Standard Bible
Protect my life, for I am faithful. You are my God; save your servant who trusts in you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Protect my life, for I am faithful. You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.

American Standard Version
Preserve my soul; for I am godly: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Keep my soul because you are good; deliver your Servant who hopes in you, oh God!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Preserve my soul, for I am holy; save thy servant, O God, who hopes in thee.

Contemporary English Version
Protect me and save me because you are my God. I am your faithful servant, and I trust you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Preserve my soul, for I am holy: save thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in thee.

English Revised Version
Preserve my soul; for I am godly: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Protect me, because I am faithful [to you]. Save your servant who trusts you. You are my God.

Good News Translation
Save me from death, because I am loyal to you; save me, for I am your servant and I trust in you.

International Standard Version
Protect me, for I am faithful; My God, deliver your servant who trusts in you.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Keep my soul, for I am godly; O Thou my God, save Thy servant that trusteth in Thee.

Literal Standard Version
Keep my soul, for I [am] pious, | Save Your servant who is trusting to You, O You, my God.

Majority Standard Bible
Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.

New American Bible
Preserve my life, for I am devoted; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God;

NET Bible
Protect me, for I am loyal! O my God, deliver your servant, who trusts in you!

New Revised Standard Version
Preserve my life, for I am devoted to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God;

New Heart English Bible
Preserve my soul, for I am faithful. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.

Webster's Bible Translation
Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

World English Bible
Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.

Young's Literal Translation
Keep my soul, for I am pious, Save Thy servant -- who is trusting to Thee, O Thou, my God.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Tried But Trusting
1A prayer of David. Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. 2Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You. 3Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I call to You all day long.…

Cross References
Psalm 4:3
Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.

Psalm 25:2
in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.

Psalm 25:20
Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You.

Psalm 31:14
But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, "You are my God."

Psalm 50:5
"Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice."

Psalm 56:4
In God, whose word I praise--in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?


Treasury of Scripture

Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O you my God, save your servant that trusts in you.

preserve

Psalm 4:3
But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.

Psalm 37:28
For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Psalm 119:94
I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

holy.

Psalm 18:19
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

Deuteronomy 7:7,8
The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: …

Romans 9:18,23,24
Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth…

save

Psalm 119:124,125
Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes…

Psalm 143:12
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

John 12:26
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

trusteth

Psalm 13:5
But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

Psalm 16:1
Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

Psalm 31:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

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Psalm 86
1. David strengthens his prayer by the consciousness of his religion
5. By the goodness and power of God
11. He desires the continuance of former grace
14. Complaining of the proud, he craves some token of God's goodness














(2) For I am holy.--Rather, in order to reproduce the feeling, for I am one of the chosen ones; one of Thy saints, &c. He pleads the covenant relation as a claim to the blessing. (See, on chasid, Note, Psalm 1:5.)

Verse 2. - Preserve my soul. It is one of the special offices of God to "preserve the souls of his saints" (Psalm 97:10). He is not only man's Creator, but his "Preserver" (Job 7:20; Job 10:12). For I am holy. The psalmist does not mean to claim for himself perfect holiness, but only that sincerity in religion which God's servants may rightly vindicate to themselves. O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee (comp, Psalm 34:22; Psalm 37:40).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Preserve
שָֽׁמְרָ֣ה (šā·mə·rāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

my soul,
נַפְשִׁי֮ (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I [am]
אָ֥נִי (’ā·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

godly.
חָסִ֪יד (ḥā·sîḏ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2623: Kind, pious

You
אַתָּ֣ה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

are my God;
אֱלֹהַ֑י (’ĕ·lō·hay)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

save
הוֹשַׁ֣ע (hō·wō·ša‘)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor

Your servant
עַ֭בְדְּךָ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

who trusts
הַבּוֹטֵ֥חַ (hab·bō·w·ṭê·aḥ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 982: To trust, be confident, sure

in You.
אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ (’ê·le·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to


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