Psalm 56–57

Psalm 56

To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A Michtam of David When the Philistines Captured Him in Gath.

¹Be ^bmerciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up;

Fighting all day he oppresses me.

²My enemies would ^chound me all day,

For there are many who fight against me, O Most High.

³Whenever I am afraid,

I will trust in You.

⁴In God (I will praise His word),

In God I have put my trust;

^dI will not fear.

What can flesh do to me?

⁵All day they twist my words;

All their thoughts are against me for evil.

⁶They gather together,

They hide, they mark my steps,

When they lie in wait for my life.

⁷Shall they escape by iniquity?

In anger cast down the peoples, O God!

⁸You number my wanderings;

Put my tears into Your bottle;

^eAre they not in Your book?

⁹When I cry out to You,

Then my enemies will turn back;

This I know, because ^fGod is for me.

¹⁰In God (I will praise His word),

In the Lord (I will praise His word),

¹¹In God I have put my trust;

I will not be afraid.

What can man do to me?

¹²Vows made to You are binding upon me, O God;

I will render praises to You,

^13gFor You have delivered my soul from death.

Have You not kept my feet from falling,

That I may walk before God

In the ^hlight of the living?

Psalm 57

To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David When He Fled from Saul into the Cave.

¹Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me!

For my soul trusts in You;

^bAnd in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge,

^cUntil these calamities have passed by.

²I will cry out to God Most High,

To God ^dwho performs all things for me.

^3eHe shall send from heaven and save me;

He reproaches the one who ²would swallow me up.

Selah

God ^fshall send forth His mercy and His truth.

⁴My soul is among lions;

I lie among the sons of men

Who are set on fire,

^gWhose teeth are spears and arrows,

And their tongue a sharp sword.

^5hBe exalted, O God, above the heavens;

Let Your glory be above all the earth.

⁶ⁱThey have prepared a net for my steps;

My soul is bowed down;

They have dug a pit before me;

Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen.

Selah

^7jMy heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast;

I will sing and give praise.

⁸Awake, ^kmy glory!

Awake, lute and harp!

I will awaken the dawn.

^9lI will praise You, O Lord, among the peoples;

I will sing to You among the ³nations.

^10mFor Your mercy reaches unto the heavens,

And Your truth unto the clouds.

¹¹ⁿBe exalted, O God, above the heavens;

Let Your glory be above all the earth.