Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Turn to me and have mercy on me; show your strength in behalf of your servant; save me, because I serve you just as my mother did. New Living Translation Look down and have mercy on me. Give your strength to your servant; save me, the son of your servant. English Standard Version Turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your maidservant. Berean Standard Bible Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant. King James Bible O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. New King James Version Oh, turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give Your strength to Your servant, And save the son of Your maidservant. New American Standard Bible Turn to me, and be gracious to me; Grant Your strength to Your servant, And save the son of Your maidservant. NASB 1995 Turn to me, and be gracious to me; Oh grant Your strength to Your servant, And save the son of Your handmaid. NASB 1977 Turn to me, and be gracious to me; Oh grant Thy strength to Thy servant, And save the son of Thy handmaid. Legacy Standard Bible Turn to me, and be gracious to me; Oh grant Your strength to Your slave, And save the son of Your maidservant. Amplified Bible Turn to me, and be gracious to me; Grant Your strength [Your might and the power to resist temptation] to Your servant, And save the son of Your handmaid. Christian Standard Bible Turn to me and be gracious to me. Give your strength to your servant; save the son of your female servant. Holman Christian Standard Bible Turn to me and be gracious to me. Give Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your female servant. American Standard Version Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; Give thy strength unto thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid. Contemporary English Version I serve you, LORD, and I am the child of one of your servants. Look on me with kindness. Make me strong and save me. English Revised Version O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. GOD'S WORD® Translation Turn toward me, and have pity on me. Give me your strength because I am your servant. Save me because I am the son of your female servant. Good News Translation Turn to me and have mercy on me; strengthen me and save me, because I serve you just as my mother did. International Standard Version Return to me and have mercy on me; clothe your servant with your strength and deliver the son of your maid servant. Majority Standard Bible Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant. NET Bible Turn toward me and have mercy on me! Give your servant your strength! Deliver your slave! New Heart English Bible Turn to me, and have mercy on me. Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid. Webster's Bible Translation O turn to me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid. World English Bible Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your servant. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionLook to me, and favor me, "" Give Your strength to Your servant, "" And give salvation to a son of Your handmaid. Young's Literal Translation Look unto me, and favour me, Give Thy strength to Thy servant, And give salvation to a son of Thine handmaid. Smith's Literal Translation Turn to me and pity me; thou wilt give thy strength to thy servant, and save to the son of thy maid-servant. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleO look upon me, and have mercy on me: give thy command to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Turn to me, be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant; save the son of your handmaid. New Revised Standard Version Turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant; save the child of your serving girl. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleO turn to me and have mercy upon me; give strength to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Return to me and show mercy to me; give power to your Servant and save the son of your maid Servant! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917O turn unto me, and be gracious unto me; Give Thy strength unto Thy servant, And save the son of Thy handmaid. Brenton Septuagint Translation Look thou upon me, and have mercy upon me: give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Tried But Trusting…15But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness. 16Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant. 17Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.… Cross References Exodus 34:6 Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness, Numbers 6:25 may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; Isaiah 63:7 I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion. Nehemiah 9:17 They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them. 2 Chronicles 30:9 For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.” Psalm 103:8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. Psalm 145:8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion. Joel 2:13 So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. Jonah 4:2 So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster. Lamentations 3:22 Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. 2 Samuel 22:26 To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless; Matthew 11:28-30 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. / Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Luke 1:50 His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation. John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. Romans 9:15-16 For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” / So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy. Treasury of Scripture O turn to me, and have mercy on me; give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your handmaid. turn Psalm 25:16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted. Psalm 69:16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. Psalm 90:13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. give Psalm 28:7,8 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him… Psalm 84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. Psalm 138:3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Colossians 1:11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; Psalm 116:16 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. Jump to Previous Favour Gracious Grant Handmaid Maidservant Mercy Pity Save Servant Strength Turn TurnedJump to Next Favour Gracious Grant Handmaid Maidservant Mercy Pity Save Servant Strength Turn TurnedPsalm 86 1. David strengthens his prayer by the consciousness of his religion5. 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 Turn to me This phrase is a heartfelt plea from David, the psalmist, seeking God's attention and favor. The Hebrew root for "turn" is "פָּנָה" (panah), which implies a change of direction or focus. In the context of a relationship with God, it signifies a desire for divine intervention and presence. Historically, this reflects the ancient Near Eastern understanding of gods who were believed to be attentive to the cries of their worshippers. David's request is not just for God to look his way but to actively engage with him, demonstrating the personal and relational nature of the God of Israel. and have mercy on me Show Your strength in behalf of Your servant save me because I am faithful Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Turnפְּנֵ֥ה (pə·nêh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look to me אֵלַ֗י (’ê·lay) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to and have mercy; וְחָ֫נֵּ֥נִי (wə·ḥān·nê·nî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 2603: To bend, stoop in kindness to an inferior, to favor, bestow, to implore grant תְּנָֽה־ (tə·nāh-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set Your strength עֻזְּךָ֥ (‘uz·zə·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5797: Strength, might to Your servant; לְעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ (lə·‘aḇ·de·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant save וְ֝הוֹשִׁ֗יעָה (wə·hō·wō·šî·‘āh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor the son לְבֶן־ (lə·ḇen-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1121: A son of Your maidservant. אֲמָתֶֽךָ׃ (’ă·mā·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 519: A maidservant, female slave Links Psalm 86:16 NIVPsalm 86:16 NLT Psalm 86:16 ESV Psalm 86:16 NASB Psalm 86:16 KJV Psalm 86:16 BibleApps.com Psalm 86:16 Biblia Paralela Psalm 86:16 Chinese Bible Psalm 86:16 French Bible Psalm 86:16 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 86:16 Turn to me and have mercy (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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