Psalm 57
1. Be
merciful to 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.
2. I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things
for me.
3. He 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.
4. My 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.
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 digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen
themselves. Selah.
7. My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and
give praise.
8. Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake
early.
9. I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: 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.
Psalm 58
1. Do ye
indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye
sons of men?
2. Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands
in the earth.
3. The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as
they be born, speaking lies.
4. Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf
adder that stoppeth her ear;
5. Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so
wisely.
6. Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth
of the young lions, O LORD.
7. Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth
his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
8. As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the
untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
9. Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with
a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
10. The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall
wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11. So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous:
verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Psalm 59
1. DELIVER me
from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against
me.
2. Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
3. For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered
against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
4. They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me,
and behold.
5. Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to
visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors.
Selah.
6. They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round
about the city.
7. Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips:
for who, say they, doth hear?
8. But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the
heathen in derision.
9. Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
10. The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire
upon mine enemies.
11. Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and
bring them down, O Lord our shield.
12. For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even
be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
13. Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let
them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth.
Selah.
14. And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a
dog, and go round about the city.
15. Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not
satisfied.
16. But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in
the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my
trouble.
17. Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and
the God of my mercy.
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