Psalms 57
1 TO THE OVERSEER. “DO NOT DESTROY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN HIS FLEEING FROM THE FACE OF SAUL INTO A CAVE. Favor me, O God, favor me, For my soul is trusting in You, And I trust in the shadow of Your wings, Until the calamities pass over.
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in thee. Yea, in the shadow of thy wings I will take refuge until calamities be passed by.
2 I call to God Most High, To God [who] is perfecting for me.
I will cry to God Most High, to God who performs for me.
3 He sends from the heavens, and saves me, He reproached [the one] who is panting after me. (Selah) God sends forth His kindness and His truth.
He will send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him who would swallow me up. (Selah) God will send forth his loving kindness and his truth.
4 My soul [is] in the midst of lions, I lie down [among] flames—sons of men, Their teeth [are] a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
5 Be exalted above the heavens, O God, Your glory above all the earth.
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, thy glory above all the earth.
6 They have prepared a net for my steps, My soul has bowed down, They have dug a pit before me, They have fallen into its midst. (Selah)
They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They have dug a pit before me. They are fallen into the midst of it themselves. (Selah)
7 My heart is prepared, O God, My heart is prepared, I sing and praise.
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed. I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.
8 Awake, my glory, awake, stringed instrument and harp, I awake the morning dawn.
Awake up, my glory. Awake, psaltery and harp. I myself will awake right early.
9 I thank You among the peoples, O Lord, I praise You among the nations.
I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, among the peoples. I will sing praises to thee among the nations.
10 For Your kindness [is] great to the heavens, And Your truth to the clouds.
For thy loving kindness is great to the heavens, and thy truth to the skies.
11 Be exalted above the heavens, O God. Your glory above all the earth!
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, thy glory above all the earth.
