Psalm 57:1–58:11

1 Be 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.

2 I will cry out to God Most High,

To God dwho performs all things for me.

3 eHe 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.

4 My 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.

5 hBe exalted, O God, above the heavens;

Let Your glory be above all the earth.

6 iThey 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

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

I will sing and give praise.

8 Awake, kmy glory!

Awake, lute and harp!

I will awaken the dawn.

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

I will sing to You among the 3nations.

10 mFor Your mercy reaches unto the heavens,

And Your truth unto the clouds.

11 nBe exalted, O God, above the heavens;

Let Your glory be above all the earth.

Psalm 58

The Just Judgment of the Wicked

To the Chief Musician. Set to 1“Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David.

1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones?

Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?

2 No, in heart you work wickedness;

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

3 aThe wicked are estranged from the womb;

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

4 bTheir poison is like the poison of a serpent;

They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,

5 Which will not cheed the voice of charmers,

Charming ever so skillfully.

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

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

7 eLet them flow away as waters which run continually;

When he bends his bow,

Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces.

8 Let 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.

9 Before your gpots can feel the burning thorns,

He shall take them away has with a whirlwind,

As in His living and burning wrath.

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the ivengeance;

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

11 kSo that men will say,

“Surely there is a reward for the righteous;

Surely He is God who ljudges in the earth.”