Psalms 57
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.
1Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title.
2I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.
2If in very deed you speak justice: judge right things, ye sons of men.
3He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
3For in your heart you work iniquity: your hands forge injustice in the earth.
4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
4The wicked are alienated from the womb; they have gone astray from the womb: they have spoken false things.
5Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.
5Their madness is according to the likeness of a serpent: like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears:
6They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
6Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; nor of the wizard that charmeth wisely.
7My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make music.
7God shall break in pieces their teeth in their mouth: the Lord shall break the grinders of the lions.
8Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
8They shall come to nothing, like water running down; he hath bent his bow till they be weakened.
9I will praise You, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing Your praises among the peoples.
9Like wax that melteth they shall be taken away: fire hath fallen on them, and they shall not see the sun.
10For Your loving devotion reaches to the heavens, and Your faithfulness to the clouds.
10Before your thorns could know the brier; he swalloweth them up, as alive, in his wrath.
11Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.
11The just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.
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12And man shall say: If indeed there be fruit to the just: there is indeed a God that judgeth them on the earth.
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