Psalms 57
Let Your Glory Be over All the Earth
To the choirmaster: according to aDo Not Destroy. A bMiktam ▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term of David, when he fled from Saul, in dthe cave.
1 eBe merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,for in you my soul ftakes refuge;
in gthe shadow of your wings I will take refuge,
htill the storms of destruction pass by.
2I cry out to God Most High,
to God who ifulfills his purpose for me.
3 jHe will send from heaven and save me;
he will put to shame khim who tramples on me. Selah
lGod will send out mhis steadfast love and his faithfulness!
4 My soul is in the midst of nlions;
I lie down amid fiery beasts—
the children of man, whose oteeth are spears and arrows,
whose ptongues are sharp swords.
5 qBe exalted, O God, above the heavens!
Let your glory be over all the earth!
6 They set ra net for my steps;
my soul was sbowed down.
They tdug a pit in my way,
but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah
7 uMy heart is vsteadfast, O God,
my heart is steadfast!
I will sing and make melody!
8 wAwake, xmy glory! ▼
▼Or my whole being
Awake, zO harp and lyre!
I will awake the dawn!
9I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to you among the nations.
10For your aasteadfast love is great to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the clouds.
11 abBe exalted, O God, above the heavens!
Let your glory be over all the earth!
Psalms 58
God Who Judges the Earth
To the choirmaster: according to acDo Not Destroy. A adMiktam ▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term of David.
1 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? ▼▼Or you mighty lords (by revocalization; Hebrew in silence)
Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
2No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
your hands agdeal out violence on earth.
3 The wicked are ahestranged from the womb;
they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
4 aiThey have venom like the venom of a serpent,
like the deaf adder that stops its ear,
5so that it ajdoes not hear the voice of charmers
or of the cunning enchanter.
6 O God, akbreak the teeth in their mouths;
tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
7Let them alvanish like water that runs away;
when he amaims his arrows, let them be blunted.
8Let them be like the snail anthat dissolves into slime,
like aothe stillborn child who never sees the sun.
9Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of apthorns,
whether green or ablaze, may he aqsweep them away! ▼
▼The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
10 asThe righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
he will atbathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11Mankind will say, “Surely there is aua reward for the righteous;
surely there is a God who avjudges on earth.”
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