Psalms 57 - 59 — Legacy Standard Bible

Let Your Glory Be Above All the Earth

For the choir director. ¹Al-tashheth. Of David. A ²Mikhtam. ³When he fled from Saul in the cave.

Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me,For my soul ^atakes refuge in You;And in the ^bshadow of Your wings I will take refugeUntil destruction ^cpasses by.²I will call to God Most High,To God who ^aaccomplishes all things for me.³He will ^asend from heaven and save me;He reproaches him who ¹^,^btramples upon me. ² Selah.God will send His ^clovingkindness and His ³truth.⁴My soul is among ^alions;I am lying down among those who breathe forth fire,Sons of men whose ^bteeth are spears and arrowsAnd their ^ctongue a sharp sword.⁵^aBe exalted above the heavens, O God;Let Your glory be above all the earth.⁶They have ¹set a ^anet for my steps;My soul is ^bbowed down;They ^cdug a pit before me;They themselves have ^dfallen into the midst of it. Selah.⁷^aMy ^bheart is set, O God, my heart is set;I will sing, yes, I will sing praises!⁸Awake, ^amy glory!Awake, ^bharp and lyre!I will awaken the dawn.⁹^aI will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples;I will sing praises to You among the ¹nations.¹⁰For Your ^alovingkindness is great to the heavensAnd Your ¹truth to the skies.¹¹^aBe 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. ¹Al-tashheth. Of David. A ²Mikhtam.

Do you indeed ³speak righteousness, O ⁴gods?Do you ^ajudge ⁵with equity, O sons of men?²No, in heart you ^awork unrighteousness;On earth you ¹^,^bprepare a path for the violence of your hands.³The wicked are estranged ^afrom the womb;These who speak falsehood ^bwander in error from ¹birth.⁴They have venom like the ^avenom of a serpent;Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,⁵So that it ^adoes not hear the voice of ¹^,^bcharmers,Or a skillful caster of spells.⁶O God, ^ashatter their teeth in their mouth;Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Yahweh.⁷Let them ^aflow away like water that runs off;When he ¹^,^baims his arrows, let them be as ²headless shafts.⁸Let them be as a snail which ¹melts away as it goes along,Like the ^amiscarriages of a woman which never behold the sun.⁹Before your ^apots can feel the fire of thornsHe will ^bsweep them away with a whirlwind, the living and the burning alike.¹⁰The ^arighteous will be glad when he ^bbeholds the vengeance;He will ^cwash his feet in the blood of the wicked.¹¹And men will say, “Surely there is a ¹^,^areward for the righteous;Surely there is a God who ^bjudges ²on earth!”

Deliver Me from My Enemies

For the choir director. ¹Al-tashheth. Of David. A ²Mikhtam. ³When Saul sent men and they watched the house in order to put him to death.

^aDeliver me from my enemies, O my God;⁴^,^bSet me securely on high away from those who rise up against me.²Deliver me from ^aworkers of iniquityAnd save me from ^bmen of bloodshed.³For behold, they ^ahave lain in wait for my soul;¹Fierce men ²^,^blaunch an attack against me,^cNot for my transgression nor for my sin, O Yahweh,⁴¹^,^aFor no guilt of mine, they run and set themselves against me.^bArouse Yourself to meet me, and see!⁵You, ^aO Yahweh God of hosts, the God of Israel,Awake to ¹^,^bpunish all the nations;^cDo not be gracious to any who are treacherous in ²iniquity. ³ Selah.⁶They ^areturn at evening, they howl like a ^bdog,And go around the city.⁷Behold, they ^apour forth speech with their mouth;^bSwords are in their lips,For, they say, “^cWho hears?”⁸But You, O Yahweh, ^alaugh at them;You ^bmock all the nations.⁹Because of ¹his ^astrength I will watch for You,For God is my ^bstronghold.¹⁰¹My God ^ain His lovingkindness will approach me;God will let me ^blook triumphantly upon ²my foes.¹¹Do not slay them, ^aor my people will forget;^bMake them wander about by Your power, and bring them down,O Lord, ^cour shield.¹²¹On account of the ^asin of their mouth and the word of their lips,Let them even be ^bcaught in their pride,And on account of ^ccurses and ²lies which they utter.¹³¹^,^aDestroy them in wrath, ²destroy them that they may be no more;That men may ^bknow that God ³rules in JacobTo the ends of the earth. Selah.¹⁴They ^areturn at evening, they howl like a dog,And go around the city.¹⁵They ^awander about ¹for foodAnd ²growl if they are not satisfied.¹⁶But as for me, I shall ^asing of Your strength;And I shall ^bjoyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the ^cmorning,For You have been my ^dstrongholdAnd a ^erefuge in the day of my distress.¹⁷^aO my strength, I will sing praises to You;For God is my ^bstronghold, the ¹God who shows me lovingkindness.