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Bible study · Psalm 86:1-17

Psalm 86: Make my heart undivided

Read Psalm 86:1-17 before you meet.

In a few lines

Psalm 86:15 prays back, word for word, what the LORD proclaimed before Moses in Exodus 34:6: "a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth". And 86:5's "ready to forgive" is one Hebrew word, sallach, found nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible.

The verse to carry

“Teach me your way, LORD. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.”

Psalm 86:11

To talk about

  1. 1. "Make my heart undivided to fear your name" (86:11). What pulls your heart in more than one direction right now?

  2. 2. The psalmist comes to God as "poor and needy" (86:1) and as "your servant" (86:2). How do you think of yourself when you pray? What would change if you came the way he does?

  3. 3. In 86:15 the psalmist prays back to God the words God used of himself in Exodus 34:6. Which words about who God is would you most want to pray back to him this week, and why?

Prayer requests