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.
Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into a cave. Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me. For my soul trusts in you. And I will hope in the shadow of your wings, until iniquity passes away.
2 I call to God Most High, To God [who] is perfecting for me.
I will cry out to God Most High, to God who has been kind to 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 sent from heaven and freed me. He has surrendered into disgrace those who trampled me. God has sent 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 rescued my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men: their teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue is a sharp sword.
5 Be exalted above the heavens, O God, Your glory above all the earth.
Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and your 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 prepared a snare for my feet, and they bowed down my soul. They dug a pit before my face, yet they have fallen into it.
7 My heart is prepared, O God, My heart is prepared, I sing and praise.
My heart is prepared, O God, my heart is prepared. I will sing, and I will compose a psalm.
8 Awake, my glory, awake, stringed instrument and harp, I awake the morning dawn.
Rise up, my glory. Rise up, psaltery and harp. I will arise in early morning.
9 I thank You among the peoples, O Lord, I praise You among the nations.
I will confess to you, O Lord, among the peoples. I will compose a psalm to you among the nations.
10 For Your kindness [is] great to the heavens, And Your truth to the clouds.
For your mercy has been magnified, even to the heavens, and your truth, even to the clouds.
11 Be exalted above the heavens, O God. Your glory above all the earth!
Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and your glory above all the earth.
