Psalm 86 A prayer of David
David pours out his heart to the Lord in a mixture of petitions and praise.  He acknowledges his great neediness as well as his faith in God's willingness to answer his cries.  Every part of this psalm reflects David's love and trust in the Lord.  It shows David's knowledge of the Word and his intimate walk with the Lord.
Petitions:
v1 "Incline Thine ear, O Lord.."
v2 "Do preserve my soul.... save Thy servant"
v3 "Be gracious to me, O Lord"
v4 "Make glad the soul of Thy servant"
v6 "Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer"
David knows his own great need for and dependence on the Lord.  He seeks His Face, he wants the Lord's ear. He knows that God alone is His Help in times of trouble and he does not take that for granted. This petition is a daily necessity.  We need God's attentive ear, we need Him to preserve our souls, to be gracious to us, and to make our souls glad.  

Praises:
v5 "For Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon Thee."
v8 "There is no one like Thee... nor are there any works like Thine."
v 10 "For Thou art great and doest wondrous deeds, Thou alone art God"
v15 "But Thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth."
David confesses the greatness of the Lord.  He appeals to His holy character as revealed in the Word.  There is truly no one like You Lord! "Teach me Thy way O Lord; I will walk in Thy truth; Unite my heart to fear Thy Name, I will give thanks to Thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and will glorify Thy name forever." ( v11-12)  David commits himself fully to be a follower of God, in truth, in fear, and in love, forever.
Father in heaven , Abba, may Your Name be honored.  I offer my praise to You.  You are good. You are forgiving. You are great in love and mercy.  You do wonderful works and mighty deeds.  You are holy and righteous and just.  I give You all my worship and praise. There is NO ONE like You.  Your Kingdom come!  Your reign of peace and joy, of righteousness and truth, Your eternal kingdom, rule in me today. Come into the lives of each of my children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.  Open their eyes to see their desperate need of You in their lives.  Thank You for being merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

Genesis 10 From the 3 sons of Noah there came nations. ".. out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood."  Japheth's descendants went to the coastlands.  Ham's descendants were "spread abroad".  Shem's descendants went to the "hill country of the east."  We are also told that during this time "the earth was divided".   God separated the family of Noah into nations and also separated the earth itself.  Must have been an interesting time to be living!
Genesis 11 tracks the next 10 generations between Noah and Abraham.  The tower of Babel incident is recorded here.  Men once again want to have power over God, so they try to build a tower to reach heaven.  God puts a stop to that by confusing their language and by scattering them "abroad from there over the face of the whole earth;" .

Father, let us see Your heart here.  In all these lives You were working out Your plan according to Your will. You created nations and languages. You divided people into tribes and clans and families.
You moved the earth.  And You moved Abraham.  In all those families, over all those years, You were working towards this one man who would be Yours.  We call You the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  Not the God of Adam,  Moses, David, John or Peter.. although You are their God too. There is something special about Abraham. Help me to learn and understand in a new, fresh way as I read through Genesis in the days to come.
Thank You,  amen