Psalm 56–57

Psalm 56

For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. A Psalm of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.

¹Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up:

All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

²Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long;

For they are many that fight proudly against me.

³What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.

⁴In God (I will praise his word),

In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid;

What can flesh do unto me?

⁵All the day long they wrest my words:

All their thoughts are against me for evil.

⁶They gather themselves together, they hide themselves,

They mark my steps,

Even as they have waited for my soul.

⁷Shall they escape by iniquity?

In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

⁸Thou numberest my wanderings:

Put thou my tears into thy bottle;

Are they not in thy book?

⁹Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call:

This I know, that God is for me.

¹⁰In God (I will praise his word),

In Jehovah (I will praise his word),

¹¹In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid;

What can man do unto me?

¹²Thy vows are upon me, O God:

I will render thank-offerings unto thee.

¹³For thou hast delivered my soul from death:

Hast thou not delivered my feet from falling,

That I may walk before God

In the light of the living?

Psalm 57

For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave.

¹Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me;

For my soul taketh refuge in thee:

Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge,

Until these calamities be overpast.

²I will cry unto God Most High,

Unto God that performeth all things for me.

³He will send from heaven, and save me,

When he that would swallow me up reproacheth; Selah

God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.

⁴My soul is among lions;

I lie among them that are set on fire,

Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,

And their tongue a sharp sword.

⁵Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;

Let thy glory be above all the earth.

⁶They have prepared a net for my steps;

My soul is bowed down:

They have digged a pit before me;

They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. Selah

⁷My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed:

I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.

⁸Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp:

I myself will awake right early.

⁹I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the peoples:

I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

¹⁰For thy lovingkindness is great unto the heavens,

And thy truth unto the skies.

¹¹Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;

Let thy glory be above all the earth.