Challoner’s heading
Inclina, Domine.
Psalm 85 in the Vulgate numbering this edition follows; Psalm 86 in the Hebrew numbering of most modern Bibles.
1A prayer for David himself. Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am needy and poor. 2Preserve my soul, for I am holy: save thy servant, O my God, that trusteth in thee. 3Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to thee all the day. 4Give joy to the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul. 5For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee. 6Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer: and attend to the voice of my petition. 7I have called upon thee in the day of my trouble: because thou hast heard me. 8There is none among the gods like unto thee, O Lord: and there is none according to thy works. 9All the nations thou hast made shall come and adore before thee, O Lord: and they shall glorify thy name. 10For thou art great and dost wonderful things: thou art God alone. 11Conduct me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth: let my heart rejoice that it may fear thy name. 12I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for ever: 13For thy mercy is great towards me: and thou hast delivered my soul out of the lower hell. 14O God, the wicked are risen up against me, and the assembly of the mighty have sought my soul: and they have not set thee before their eyes. 15And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true. 16O look upon me, and have mercy on me: give thy command to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid. 17Shew me a token for good: that they who hate me may see, and be confounded, because thou, O Lord, hast helped me and hast comforted me.