Psalm 57–58

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.

Psalm 58

To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David.

¹Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones?

Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?

²No, in heart you work wickedness;

You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

^3aThe wicked are estranged from the womb;

They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

^4bTheir poison is like the poison of a serpent;

They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,

⁵Which will not ^cheed the voice of charmers,

Charming ever so skillfully.

^6dBreak ²their teeth in their mouth, O God!

Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!

^7eLet them flow away as waters which run continually;

When he bends his bow,

Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces.

⁸Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes,

^fLike a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

⁹Before your ^gpots can feel the burning thorns,

He shall take them away ^has with a whirlwind,

As in His living and burning wrath.

¹⁰The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the ⁱvengeance;

^jHe shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,

^11kSo that men will say,

“Surely there is a reward for the righteous;

Surely He is God who ^ljudges in the earth.”