Psalm 86:3 {85:3}
Good News Translation
You are my God, so be merciful to me; I pray to you all day long.

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

Contemporary English Version
Be kind to me! I pray to you all day.

New American Bible
be gracious to me, Lord; to you I call all the day.

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to thee all the day.

be merciful

Psalm 56:1 Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a distance from the sanctuary: for David, for an inscription of a title (or pillar) when the Philistines held him in Geth. [2] Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me.

Psalm 57:1 Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave. [2] Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me: for my soul trusteth in thee. And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until iniquity pass away.

for I

Psalm 55:17 Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: and he shall hear my voice.

Psalm 88:9 My eyes languished through poverty. All the day I cried to thee, O Lord: I stretched out my hands to thee.

Luke 2:37 And she was a widow until fourscore and four years: who departed not from the temple, by fastings and prayers serving night and day.

Luke 11:8-13 Yet if he shall continue knocking, I say to you, although he will not rise and give him because he is his friend; yet, because of his importunity, he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. . . .

Luke 18:7 And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night? And will he have patience in their regard?

Ephesians 6:18 By all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the spirit: and in the same watching with all instance and supplication for all the saints:

daily.

Psalm 25:5 Direct me in thy truth, and teach me; for thou art God my Saviour; and on thee have I waited all the day long.

Context
Tried But Trusting
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.…
Cross References
Psalm 4:1
Unto the end, in verses. A psalm for David. [2] When I called upon him, the God of my justice heard me: when I was in distress, thou hast enlarged me. Have mercy on me: and hear my prayer.

Psalm 25:5
Direct me in thy truth, and teach me; for thou art God my Saviour; and on thee have I waited all the day long.

Psalm 57:1
Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave. [2] Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me: for my soul trusteth in thee. And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until iniquity pass away.

Psalm 88:1
A canticle of a psalm for the sons of Core: unto the end, for Maheleth, to answer understanding of Eman the Ezrahite. [2] O Lord, the God of my salvation: I have cried in the day, and in the night before thee.

Psalm 88:9
My eyes languished through poverty. All the day I cried to thee, O Lord: I stretched out my hands to thee.

Psalm 86:2
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