Psalms 86:3

Contemporary English Version

Be kind to me! I pray to you all day.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Be gracious to me, Lord,for I call to you all day long.

Hebrew Names Version
Be merciful to me, Lord, For I call to you all day long.

King James Version
Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.

English Standard Version
Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all the day.

New Century Version
Lord, have mercy on me, because I have called to you all day.

New English Translation
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry out to you all day long!

Amplified Bible
Be gracious and merciful to me, O Lord, For to You I cry out all the day long.

New American Standard Bible
Be gracious to me, Lord, For I call upon You all day long.

World English Bible
Be merciful to me, Lord, For I call to you all day long.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Be mercifull vnto me, O Lord: for I crie vpon thee continually.

Legacy Standard Bible
Be gracious to me, O Lord,For to You I call all day long.

Berean Standard Bible
Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I call to You all day long.

Complete Jewish Bible
Take pity on me, Adonai, for I cry to you all day.

Darby Translation
Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee do I call all the day.

Easy-to-Read Version
My Lord, be kind to me. I have been praying to you all day.

George Lamsa Translation
Be merciful to me, O LORD; for I cry unto thee daily.

Good News Translation
You are my God, so be merciful to me; I pray to you all day long.

Lexham English Bible
Be gracious to me, O Lord, because I call to you all day long.

Literal Translation
Be gracious to Me, O Lord, for I cry to You daily.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Be mercifull vnto me (o LORDE) for I call daylie vpon the.

American Standard Version
Be merciful unto me, O Lord; For unto thee do I cry all the day long.

Bible in Basic English
Have mercy on me, O Lord; for my cry goes up to you all the day.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto Thee do I cry all the day.

King James Version (1611)
Be merciful vnto me, O Lord: for I cry vnto thee daily.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Be mercifull vnto me O God: for I do call dayly vpon thee.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Pity me, O Lord: for to thee will I cry all the day.

English Revised Version
Be merciful unto me, O Lord; for unto thee do I cry all the day long.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lord, haue thou merci on me, for Y criede al day to thee;

Update Bible Version
Be merciful to me, O Lord; For to you do I cry all the day long.

Webster's Bible Translation
Be merciful to me, O Lord: for I cry to thee daily.

New King James Version
Be merciful to me, O Lord, For I cry to You all day long.

New Living Translation
Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I am calling on you constantly.

New Life Bible
Show me loving-kindness, O Lord. For I cry to You all day long.

New Revised Standard
be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all day long.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Show me favour, O My Lord, For, unto thee, do I cry, all the day;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(85-3) Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to thee all the day.

Revised Standard Version
be gracious to me, O Lord, for to thee do I cry all the day.

Young's Literal Translation
Favour me, O Lord, for to Thee I call all the day.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Be gracious to me, O Lord, For to You I cry all day long.

Contextual Overview

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(A prayer by David.)

Please listen, Lord , and answer my prayer! I am poor and helpless. ² Protect me and save me because you are my God. I am your faithful servant, and I trust you. ³ Be kind to me! I pray to you all day. ⁴ Make my heart glad! I serve you, and my prayer is sincere. ⁵ You willingly forgive, and your love is always there for those who pray to you. ⁶ Please listen, Lord ! Answer my prayer for help. ⁷ When I am in trouble, I pray, knowing you will listen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Be merciful: Psalms 56:1, Psalms 57:1

for I: Psalms 55:17, Psalms 88:9, Luke 2:37, Luke 11:8-13, Luke 18:7, Ephesians 6:18

daily: or, all the day, Psalms 25:5

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:28 - hearken Psalms 3:4 - I cried Psalms 4:1 - have mercy upon me Psalms 88:1 - I have Daniel 6:10 - three Luke 18:1 - that Acts 10:2 - and prayed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Be merciful unto me, O Lord,.... In my distressed and miserable condition, being an object of mercy, pity, and compassion; this petition is used by Christ in Psalms 41:10

for I cry unto thee daily; or "all the day"; every day, and several times in a day, Psalms 55:17 constant and importunate prayer is the duty of saints, and available with God, 1 Thessalonians 5:17. Christ was much in the exercise of it, Luke 6:12.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Be merciful unto me, O Lord - It was mercy after all that he relied on, and not justice. It was not because he had any claim on the ground that he was “holy,” but all that he had and hoped for was to be traced to the mercy of God.

For I cry unto thee daily - Margin, as in Hebrew, “All the day.” The meaning is, that he did this constantly, or without intermission.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 86:3. Be merciful unto me — I have no merit; I plead none, but trust in thee alone.

I cry unto thee daily. — My state deeply affects me; and I incessantly cry for thy salvation.