Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PSALM 86, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE First Line: Thy gracious ear, o lord, incline Last Line: Dost help and comfort me. Subject(s): Holidays; Thanksgiving Day | ||||||||
1 Thy gracious ear, O Lord, incline, O hear me I thee pray, For I am poor, and almost pine With need, and sad decay. 2 Preserve my soul, for I have trod Thy ways, and love the just; Save thou thy servant O my God Who still in thee doth trust. 3 Pity me Lord for daily thee I call; 4 O make rejoice Thy servant's soul; for Lord to thee I lift my soul and voice; 5 For thou art good, thou Lord art prone To pardon, thou to all Art full of mercy, thou alone To them that on thee call. 6 Unto my supplication Lord Give ear, and to the cry Of my incessant prayers afford Thy hearing graciously. 7 I in the day of my distress Will call on thee for aid; For thou wilt grant me free access And answer, what I prayed. 8 Like thee among the gods is none O Lord, nor any works Of all that other gods have done Like to thy glorious works. 9 The nations all whom thou hast made Shall come, and all shall frame To bow them low before the Lord, And glorify thy name. 10 For great thou art, and wonders great By thy strong hand are done; Thou in thy everlasting seat Remainest God alone. 11 Teach me O Lord thy way most right; I in thy truth will bide; To fear thy name my heart unite, So shall it never slide. 12 Thee will I praise O Lord my God Thee honour, and adore With my whole heart, and blaze abroad Thy name for evermore. 13 For great thy mercy is toward me, And thou hast freed my soul, Ev'n from the lowest Hell set free, From deepest darkness foul. 14 O God the proud against me rise And violent men are met To seek my life, and in their eyes No fear of thee have set. 15 But thou Lord art the God most mild, Readiest thy grace to show, Slow to be angry, and art styled Most merciful, most true. 16 O turn to me thy face at length, And me have mercy on; Unto thy servant give thy strength, And save thy handmaid's son. 17 Some sign of good to me afford, And let my foes then see And be ashamed, because thou Lord Dost help and comfort me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FIRST THANKSGIVING by SHARON OLDS THE SACHEM OF THE CLOUDS (A THANKSGIVING LEGEND) by ROBERT FROST INVENTORY by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE THANKSGIVING IN BOSTON HARBOR [JUNE 12, 1630] by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH THANKSGIVING DAY by LYDIA MARIA CHILD SIGNS OF THE TIMES by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS IN NEW ENGLAND [NOVEMBER 19, 1620] by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE PILGRIM FATHERS by JOHN PIERPONT PSALM 104: THE MAJESTY AND MERCY OF GOD by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |
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