Psalms 57

To the Overseer. — ‘Destroy not.’ — A secret treasure of David, in his fleeing from the face of Saul into a cave.

1Favour me, O God, favour me, For in Thee is my soul trusting, And in the shadow of Thy wings I trust, Until the calamities passover.

2I call to God Most High, To God [who] is perfecting for me.

3He sendeth from the heaven, and saveth me, He reproached — who is panting after me. Selah. God sendeth forth His kindness and His truth.

4My 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.

5Be Thou exalted above the heavens, O God, Above all the earth Thine honour.

6A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.

7Prepared is my heart, O God, Prepared is my heart, I sing and praise.

8Awake, mine honour, awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the morning dawn.

9I thank Thee among the peoples, O Lord, I praise Thee among the nations.

10For great unto the heavens [is] Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth.

11Be thou exalted above the heavens, O God. Above all the earth Thine honour!

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Psalm 57

1 Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title.

2 If, truly and certainly, you speak justice, then judge what is right, you sons of men.

3 For, even in your heart, you work iniquity. Your hands construct injustice on the earth.

4 Sinners have become foreigners from the womb; they have gone astray from conception. They have been speaking falsehoods.

5 Their fury is similar to that of a serpent; it is like a deaf asp, who even blocks her ears,

6 who will not listen to the voice of charmers, nor even to the enchanter who chants wisely.

7 God will crush their teeth within their own mouth. The Lord will break the molars of the lions.

8 They will come to nothing, like water flowing away. He has aimed his bow, while they are being weakened.

9 Like wax that flows, they will be carried away. Fire has fallen upon them, and they will not see the sun.

10 Before your thorns could know the brier, he consumes them alive, as if in rage.

11 The just one will rejoice when he sees vindication. He will wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.

12 And man will say, "If the just one is fruitful, then, truly, there is a God judging them on earth."

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