Psalm 57 - 59

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Let Your Glory Be Above All the Earth

For the choir director. Al-tashheth. Of David. A Mikhtam. When he fled from Saul in the cave.

Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me,

For my soul takes refuge in You;

And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge

Until destruction passes by.

I will call to God Most High,

To God who accomplishes all things for me.

He will send from heaven and save me;

He reproaches him who tramples upon me. Selah.

God will send His lovingkindness and His truth.

My soul is among lions;

I am lying down among those who breathe forth fire,

Sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows

And their tongue a sharp sword.

Be exalted above the heavens, O God;

Let Your glory be above all the earth.

They have set a net for my steps;

My soul is bowed down;

They dug a pit before me;

They themselves have fallen into the midst of it. Selah.

My heart is set, O God, my heart is set;

I will sing, yes, I will sing praises!

Awake, my glory!

Awake, harp and lyre!

I will awaken the dawn.

I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples;

I will sing praises to You among the nations.

For Your lovingkindness is great to the heavens

And Your truth to the skies.

Be exalted above the heavens, O God;

Let Your glory be above all the earth.

There Is a God Who Judges on Earth

For the choir director. Al-tashheth. Of David. A Mikhtam.

Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods?

Do you judge with equity, O sons of men?

No, in heart you work unrighteousness;

On earth you prepare a path for the violence of your hands.

The wicked are estranged from the womb;

These who speak falsehood wander in error from birth.

They have venom like the venom of a serpent;

Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,

So that it does not hear the voice of charmers,

Or a skillful caster of spells.

O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth;

Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Yahweh.

Let them flow away like water that runs off;

When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts.

Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along,

Like the miscarriages of a woman which never behold the sun.

Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns

He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the living and the burning alike.

The righteous will be glad when he beholds the vengeance;

He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

And men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;

Surely there is a God who judges on earth!”

Deliver Me from My Enemies

For the choir director. Al-tashheth. Of David. A Mikhtam. When Saul sent men and they watched the house in order to put him to death.

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;

Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me.

Deliver me from workers of iniquity

And save me from men of bloodshed.

For behold, they have lain in wait for my soul;

Fierce men launch an attack against me,

Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Yahweh,

For no guilt of mine, they run and set themselves against me.

Arouse Yourself to meet me, and see!

You, O Yahweh God of hosts, the God of Israel,

Awake to punish all the nations;

Do not be gracious to any who are treacherous in iniquity. Selah.

They return at evening, they howl like a dog,

And go around the city.

Behold, they pour forth speech with their mouth;

Swords are in their lips,

For, they say, “Who hears?”

But You, O Yahweh, laugh at them;

You mock all the nations.

Because of his strength I will watch for You,

For God is my stronghold.

My God in His lovingkindness will approach me;

God will let me look triumphantly upon my foes.

Do not slay them, or my people will forget;

Make them wander about by Your power, and bring them down,

O Lord, our shield.

On account of the sin of their mouth and the word of their lips,

Let them even be caught in their pride,

And on account of curses and lies which they utter.

Destroy them in wrath, destroy them that they may be no more;

That men may know that God rules in Jacob

To the ends of the earth. Selah.

They return at evening, they howl like a dog,

And go around the city.

They wander about for food

And growl if they are not satisfied.

But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength;

And I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning,

For You have been my stronghold

And a refuge in the day of my distress.

O my strength, I will sing praises to You;

For God is my stronghold, the God who shows me lovingkindness.

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