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

¹ To the overseer, Thou wilt not destroy, to David a poem in his fleeing from the face of Saul in the cave. Compassionate me, O God, compassionate me: for in thee my soul put trust, and in the shadow of thy wings I will put my trust till calamity shall pass by. ² I will call to God the Most High; to God he completed for me. ³ He will send from the heavens and he will save me; he rebuked him panting after me. Silence. God will send forth his mercy and his truth. ⁴ My soul is in the midst of lions: I shall lie down with the flaming, the sons of man, their teeth spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. ⁵ Be exalted above the heavens, O God; above all the earth thy glory. ⁶ They prepared a net for my steps; my soul was bent down: they dug a pit before me, they fell into the midst of it. Silence.

⁷ My heart was prepared, O God, my heart was prepared: I will sing and play on the harp. ⁸ Awake, my glory; awake, lyre and harp: I shall awake early. ⁹ I will praise thee, O Jehovah, among the peoples: I will play on the harp to thee among the nations. ¹⁰ For great even to the heavens thy mercy, and even to the clouds, thy truth. ¹¹ Be thou exalted over the heavens, O God: over all the earth, thy glory.

¹ To the overseer, Thou wilt not destroy; to David a poem. Will ye indeed speak dumb justice? will ye judge justly, ye sons of man?