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Psalms 57
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1For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial.
1Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
2If ye do indeed speak righteousness, [then] do ye judge rightly, ye sons of men.
2I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
3For ye work iniquities in [your] hearts in the earth: your hands plot unrighteousness.
3He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
4Sinners have gone astray from the womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies.
4My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
5Their venom is like [that] of a serpent; as [that] of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears;
5Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
6which will not hear the voice of charmers, nor [heed] the charm prepared skilfully by the wise.
6They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
7God has crushed their teeth in their mouth: God has broken the cheek-teeth of the lions.
7My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
8They shall utterly pass away like water running through: he shall bend his bow till they shall fail.
8Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
9They shall be destroyed as melted wax: the fire has fallen and they have not seen the sun.
9I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.
10Before your thorns feel the white thorn, he shall swallow you up as living, as in his wrath.
10For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
11The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance of the ungodly: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.
11Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.