Psa 57 | AB | STEP | Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for my soul has trusted in You; and in the shadow of Your wings will I hope, until the iniquity has passed away.

Psalms 57

For the end. Destroy not; by David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul, to the cave.

1 Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for my soul has trusted in You; and in the shadow of Your wings will I hope, until the iniquity has passed away. 2 I will cry to God Most High; the God who has benefited me. Pause. 3 He sent from heaven and saved me; He reproached them that trampled on me; God has sent forth His mercy and His truth; 4 and He has delivered my soul from the midst of the lion's whelps; I lay down to sleep, though troubled. As for the sons of men, their teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. 5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; and Your glory above all the earth. 6 They have prepared snares for my feet, and have bowed down my soul; they have dug a pit before my face, and fallen into it themselves. Pause. 7 My heart, O God, is ready, my heart is ready; I will sing; yes, I will sing psalms. 8 Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake early. 9 O Lord, I will give thanks to You among the nations; I will sing to You among the Gentiles. 10 For Your mercy has been magnified, even to the heavens, and Your truth to the clouds. 11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; and Your glory above all the earth.