Psalms 57

DouayRheims(i) 1 Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave. [1 Samuel 24] (57:2) Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me: for my soul trusteth in thee. And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until iniquity pass away. 2 (57:3) I will cry to God the most high; to God who hath done good to me. 3 (57:4) He hath sent from heaven and delivered me: he hath made them a reproach that trod upon me. God hath sent his mercy and his truth, 4 (57:5) And he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. 5 (57:6) Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth. 6 (57:7) They prepared a snare for my feet; and they bowed down my soul. They dug a pit before my face, and they are fallen into it. 7 (57:8) My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will sing, and rehearse a psalm. 8 (57:9) Arise, O my glory, arise psaltery and harp: I will arise early. 9 (57:10) I will give praise to thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing a psalm to thee among the nations. 10 (57:11) For thy mercy is magnified even to the heavens: and thy truth unto the clouds. 11 (57:12) Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth.