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.
For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul to the cave. Have mercy, upon me, O God, have mercy upon me: for my soul has trusted in thee: and in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until the iniquity have passed away.
2 I call to God Most High, To God [who] is perfecting for me.
I will cry to God most high; the God who has benefited me. (Pause)
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 sent from heaven and saved me; he gave to reproach them that trampled on me: God has sent forth his mercy 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.
and he has delivered my soul from the midst of [lions']whelps: I lay down to sleep, [though] troubled. [As for] the sons of men, their teeth are arms and [missile] weapons, 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; and 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 snares for my feet, and have bowed down my soul: they have dug a pit before my face, and fallen into it [themselves]. (Pause)
7 My heart is prepared, O God, My heart is prepared, I sing and praise.
My heart, O God, [is] ready, my heart [is] ready: I will sing, yea will sing psalms.
8 Awake, my glory, awake, stringed instrument and harp, I awake the morning dawn.
Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I will awake early.
9 I thank You among the peoples, O Lord, I praise You among the nations.
O Lord, I will give thanks to thee among the nations: I will sing to thee among the Gentiles.
10 For Your kindness [is] great to the heavens, And Your truth to the clouds.
For thy mercy has been magnified even to the heavens, and thy truth to the clouds.
11 Be exalted above the heavens, O God. Your glory above all the earth!
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and thy glory above all the earth.
