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Psalm 57 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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(cf. Psa 108:1–5 )
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David, regarding the time he fled from Saul and went into the cave. To be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy!
I look to you for protection.
I will hide beneath the shadow of your wings
until the danger passes by.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:2 - I cry out to God Most High,[fn]
to God who will fulfill his purpose for me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:3 - He will send help from heaven to rescue me,
disgracing those who hound me.
Interlude
My God will send forth his unfailing love and faithfulness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 - I am surrounded by fierce lions
who greedily devour human prey—
whose teeth pierce like spears and arrows,
and whose tongues cut like swords.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:5 - Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens!
May your glory shine over all the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6 - My enemies have set a trap for me.
I am weary from distress.
They have dug a deep pit in my path,
but they themselves have fallen into it.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:7 - My heart is confident in you, O God;
my heart is confident.
No wonder I can sing your praises!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:8 - Wake up, my heart!
Wake up, O lyre and harp!
I will wake the dawn with my song.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:9 - I will thank you, Lord, among all the people.
I will sing your praises among the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:10 - For your unfailing love is as high as the heavens.
Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:11 - Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens.
May your glory shine over all the earth.
NLT Footnotes
Hebrew miktam. This may be a literary or musical term.
Hebrew Elohim-Elyon.
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