{"id":1016,"date":"2019-09-24T09:19:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T09:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/?p=1016"},"modified":"2025-05-12T09:08:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T09:08:29","slug":"daily-devotion-of-psalm-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/psalm\/daily-devotion-of-psalm-86\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Devotion of Psalm 86"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Psalms-539x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:415px;height:185px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Artwork from a 1611 KJV<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Psalm86.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>HEAR the devotion and KJV chapter.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Daily Nugget:<\/strong><br>God certainly should not need a resume or letter of referral, but if He did, this Psalm from David would be perfect. Many of God\u2019s attributes and experiences include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Listener (Psalm 86:1, 5, 6)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Merciful (Psalm 86:3, 5, 13, 15-16)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Good (Psalm 86:5, 10)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Able to forgive (Psalm 86:5)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helper (Psalm 86:7-8, 10, 17)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The only God (Psalm 86:8, 10)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maker of nations (Psalm 86:9)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teacher (Psalm 86:11)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compassionate (Psalm 86:15)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gracious (Psalm 86:15)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Longsuffering (Psalm 86:15)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Truthful (Psalm 86:15)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Encourager (Psalm 86:16)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comforter (Psalm 86:17)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Today\u2019s Thought:<\/strong><br>\u201cThere is nothing that God cannot accomplish.\u201d \u2014 Cicero<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Words to Understand:<\/strong><br>Preserve: keep in good condition<br>Supplications: urgent requests<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Today\u2019s Reading:<\/strong><br><em>Psalm 86<br>1 A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.<br>2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.<br>3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.<br>4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.<br>5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.<br>6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.<br>7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.<br>8 \u00b6 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.<br>9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.<br>10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.<br>11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.<br>12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.<br>13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.<br>14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.<br>15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.<br>16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.<br>17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Nugget:God certainly should not need a resume or letter of referral, but if He did, this Psalm from David&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_374886073925309_111414703907598":"","twitter_429426831_429426831":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-1016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalm","tag-god","wpcat-72-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1016"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8399,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016\/revisions\/8399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}