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.
To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities are past by.
2 I call to God Most High, To God [who] is perfecting for me.
I will cry to God most high; to God that performeth all things 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 shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. (Selah) God shall send 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.
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that 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; let thy glory be 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, into the midst of which they have fallen 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 and give praise.
8 Awake, my glory, awake, stringed instrument and harp, I awake the morning dawn.
Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
9 I thank You among the peoples, O Lord, I praise You among the nations.
I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing to thee among the nations.
10 For Your kindness [is] great to the heavens, And Your truth to the clouds.
For thy mercy is great 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: let thy glory be above all the earth.
