Psalm 57:1-Psalm 58:1 - Praise For God's Protection

¹ Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusts in thee; and in the shadow of thy wings I will make my refuge until these calamities are overpast. ² I will cry unto God most high, unto God that performs all things for me. ³ He shall send from the heavens and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. ⁴ My soul is among lions, and I lie even among those that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows and their tongue a sharp sword. ⁵ Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth. ⁶ They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me, into the midst of which they are fallen themselves. Selah.

⁷ My heart is ready, O God, my heart is willing; I will sing and give praise. ⁸ Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp; I myself will arise early. ⁹ I will praise thee, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing unto thee among the nations. ¹⁰ For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. ¹¹ Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.

¹ Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of Adam?