Psalms 57
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title.
1(57-1) For the Leader; Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David; Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave. (57-2) Be gracious unto me, O God, be gracious unto me, for in Thee hath my soul taken refuge; yea, in the shadow of Thy wings will I take refuge, until calamities be overpast.
2If in very deed you speak justice: judge right things, ye sons of men.
2(57-3) I will cry unto God Most high; unto God that accomplisheth it for me.
3For in your heart you work iniquity: your hands forge injustice in the earth.
3(57-4) He will send from heaven, and save me, when he that would swallow me up taunteth; Selah; God shall send forth His mercy and His truth.
4The wicked are alienated from the womb; they have gone astray from the womb: they have spoken false things.
4(57-5) My soul is among lions, I do lie down among them that are aflame; even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
5Their madness is according to the likeness of a serpent: like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears:
5(57-6) Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; Thy glory be above all the earth.
6Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; nor of the wizard that charmeth wisely.
6(57-7) They have prepared a net for my steps, my soul is bowed down; they have digged a pit before me, they are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. Selah
7God shall break in pieces their teeth in their mouth: the Lord shall break the grinders of the lions.
7(57-8) My heart is stedfast, O God, my heart is stedfast; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.
8They shall come to nothing, like water running down; he hath bent his bow till they be weakened.
8(57-9) Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn.
9Like wax that melteth they shall be taken away: fire hath fallen on them, and they shall not see the sun.
9(57-10) I will give thanks unto Thee, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises unto Thee among the nations.
10Before your thorns could know the brier; he swalloweth them up, as alive, in his wrath.
10(57-11) For Thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and Thy truth unto the skies.
11The just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.
11(57-12) Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; Thy glory be above all the earth.
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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