Psalm 57–58

Psalm 57

To the chief Musician, ^||Al-taschith, ^†Michtam of David, ^*when he fled from Saul in the cave.

¹Be ^amerciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me:

For my soul ^btrusteth in thee:

Yea, ^cin the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge,

^dUntil these ^ecalamities be overpast.

²I will cry unto God most high;

Unto God that ^fperformeth all things for me.

^3gHe shall send from heaven, and save me

^||From the reproach of him that would ^hswallow me up. Selah.

God shall send forth ⁱhis mercy and his truth.

^4jMy soul is ^kamong lions:

And I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men,

Whose ^lteeth are spears and arrows,

And ^mtheir tongue ⁿa sharp sword.

^5oBe thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;

Let thy glory be above all the earth.

⁶They have prepared ^pa net for my steps;

My soul is ^ppbowed down:

^qThey have digged a pit before me,

Into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

^7rMy heart is ^||fixed, O God, my heart is fixed:

I will sing and give praise.

^8sAwake up, ^tmy glory; awake, ^upsaltery and ^uharp:

I myself will awake early.

⁹I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people:

I will sing unto thee among the nations.

¹⁰For ^xthy mercy is great unto the heavens,

And thy truth unto the clouds.

^11oBe thou exalted, O God, above the heavens:

Let thy glory be above all the earth.

Psalm 58

To the chief Musician, ^||*Al-taschith, Michtam of David.

¹Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation?

Do ye judge ^auprightly, O ye sons of men?

²Yea, in heart ye work wickedness;

^aaYe weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

^3bThe wicked are estranged from the womb:

They go astray ^†as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

^4cTheir poison is ^†like the poison of a serpent:

They are like the deaf ^||adder that stoppeth her ear;

⁵Which will not hearken to the voice of ^dcharmers,

^||Charming never so ^ewisely.

^6fBreak their teeth, O God, in their mouth:

Break out the ^ggreat teeth of the young lions, O Lord.

⁷Let them ^hmelt away as waters which run continually:

When ⁱhe bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

⁸As a snail which ^hmelteth, let every one of them pass away:

Like ⁱⁱthe untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

^9jBefore your pots can feel the ^kthorns,

He shall ^ltake them away as with a whirlwind, ^†both living, and in his wrath.

^10mThe righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance:

He shall ⁿwash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

^11oSo that a man shall say, Verily there is ^†a reward for the righteous:

Verily ^phe is a God that judgeth in the earth.