Parallel Verses
King James 2000
O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give your strength unto your servant, and save the son of your handmaid.
New American Standard Bible
Oh
And save the
King James Version
O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
Holman Bible
Give Your strength to Your servant;
save the son of Your female servant.
International Standard Version
Return to me and have mercy on me; clothe your servant with your strength and deliver the son of your maid servant.
A Conservative Version
O turn to me, and have mercy upon me. Give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.
American Standard Version
Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; Give thy strength unto thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid.
Amplified
Turn to me, and be gracious to me;
Grant Your strength [Your might and the power to resist temptation] to Your servant,
And save the son of Your handmaid.
Darby Translation
Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
Julia Smith Translation
Turn to me and pity me; thou wilt give thy strength to thy servant, and save to the son of thy maid-servant
Lexham Expanded Bible
Turn to me and be gracious to me. Give your strength to your servant, and grant victory to the son of your maidservant.
Modern King James verseion
Oh turn to me, and have mercy on me; give Your strength to Your servant, and save the son of Your handmaid.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the son of thine handmaid.
NET Bible
Turn toward me and have mercy on me! Give your servant your strength! Deliver your slave!
New Heart English Bible
Turn to me, and have mercy on me. Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid.
The Emphasized Bible
Turn thou unto me, and show me favour, - Give thy strength to thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid.
Webster
O turn to me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.
World English Bible
Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid.
Youngs Literal Translation
Look unto me, and favour me, Give Thy strength to Thy servant, And give salvation to a son of Thine handmaid.
References
Easton
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 86:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lament And Petition
15 But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and truth. 16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give your strength unto your servant, and save the son of your handmaid. 17 Show me a sign for good; that they who hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because you, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me.
Cross References
Psalm 116:16
O LORD, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, and the son of your handmaid: you have loosed my bonds.
Psalm 25:16
Turn you unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
Psalm 28:7-8
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will I praise him.
Psalm 69:16
Hear me, O LORD; for your lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of your tender mercies.
Psalm 84:5
Blessed is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the ways to them.
Psalm 90:13
Return, O LORD, how long? and may you have compassion concerning your servants.
Psalm 119:94
I am yours, save me; for I have sought your precepts.
Psalm 119:132
Look upon me, and be merciful unto me, as you do unto those that love your name.
Psalm 138:3
In the day when I cried you answered me, and strengthened me with strength in my soul.
Isaiah 40:29-31
He gives power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increases strength.
Isaiah 45:24
Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
Zechariah 10:12
And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, says the LORD.
Luke 1:38
And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to your word. And the angel departed from her.
Ephesians 3:16
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
Ephesians 6:10
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Colossians 1:11
Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;