Psalm 57–59

Psalm 57

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

1  Be 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.

2  I will cry unto God most high;

Unto God that fperformeth all things for me.

3  gHe 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.

4  jMy 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.

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

Let thy glory be above all the earth.

6  They 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.

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

I will sing and give praise.

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

I myself will awake early.

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

I will sing unto thee among the nations.

10  For xthy mercy is great unto the heavens,

And thy truth unto the clouds.

11  oBe 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.

1  Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation?

Do ye judge auprightly, O ye sons of men?

2  Yea, in heart ye work wickedness;

aaYe weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

3  bThe wicked are estranged from the womb:

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

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

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

5  Which will not hearken to the voice of dcharmers,

||Charming never so ewisely.

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

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

7  Let them hmelt away as waters which run continually:

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

8  As 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.

9  jBefore your pots can feel the kthorns,

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

10  mThe righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance:

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

11  oSo 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.

1  aDeliver me from mine enemies, O my God:

†Defend me from abthem that rise up against me.

2  Deliver me from bbthe workers of iniquity,

And save me from cbloody men.

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

The mighty eare gathered against me;

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

4  They run and prepare themselves fwithout my fault:

gAwake †to help me, and behold.

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

gAwake to visit all the heathen:

Be not merciful to any wicked itransgressors. Selah.

6  jThey return at evening:

They make a noise like a dog,

And go round about the city.

7  Behold, they kbelch out with their mouth:

lSwords are in their lips:

For mwho, say they, doth hear?

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

Thou shalt nhave all the heathen in derision.

9  Because of his strength will I wait upon thee:

For God is †my defence.

10  The God of my mercy shall oprevent me:

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

11  Slay them not, lest my people forget:

qScatter them by thy power;

And rbring them down, O Lord sour shield.

12  For 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.

13  Consume 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.

14  And yat evening let them return;

And let them make a noise like a dog,

And go round about the city.

15  Let them zwander up and down †for meat,

||And agrudge if they be not satisfied.

16  But 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.

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

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