Psalm 57–59

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.

Psalm 59

To the chief Musician, ^||*Al-taschith, Michtam of David; ^†when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.

^1aDeliver me from mine enemies, O my God:

^†Defend me from ^abthem that rise up against me.

²Deliver me from ^bbthe workers of iniquity,

And save me from ^cbloody men.

³For, lo, they ^dlie in wait for my soul:

The mighty ^eare gathered against me;

^fNot for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.

⁴They run and prepare themselves ^fwithout my fault:

^gAwake ^†to help me, and behold.

⁵Thou therefore, ^hO Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,

^gAwake to visit all the heathen:

Be not merciful to any wicked ⁱtransgressors. Selah.

^6jThey return at evening:

They make a noise like a dog,

And go round about the city.

⁷Behold, they ^kbelch out with their mouth:

^lSwords are in their lips:

For ^mwho, say they, doth hear?

⁸But thou, O Lord, ⁿshalt laugh at them;

Thou shalt ⁿhave all the heathen in derision.

⁹Because of his strength will I wait upon thee:

For God is ^†my defence.

¹⁰The God of my mercy shall ^oprevent me:

God shall let me ^psee my desire upon ^†mine enemies.

¹¹Slay them not, lest my people forget:

^qScatter them by thy power;

And ^rbring them down, O Lord ^sour shield.

¹²For ^tthe sin of their mouth and the words of their lips

Let them even be taken in their pride:

And for cursing and lying which they speak.

¹³Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be:

And ^ulet them know that God ruleth in Jacob

Unto ^xthe ends of the earth. Selah.

¹⁴And ^yat evening let them return;

And let them make a noise like a dog,

And go round about the city.

¹⁵Let them ^zwander up and down ^†for meat,

^||And ^agrudge if they be not satisfied.

¹⁶But I will sing of thy power;

Yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning:

For thou hast been my ^bdefence

And ^crefuge in the day ^dof my trouble.

¹⁷Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing:

For God is my ^bdefence, and ^ethe God of my mercy.