Psalms 57

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave	1 Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title.
2 Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me: for my soul trusteth in thee. And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until iniquity pass away.	2 If, truly and certainly, you speak justice, then judge what is right, you sons of men.
3 I will cry to God the most High; to God who hath done good to me.	3 For, even in your heart, you work iniquity. Your hands construct injustice on the earth.
4 He hath sent from heaven and delivered me: he hath made them a reproach that trod upon me. God hath sent his mercy and his truth,	4 Sinners have become foreigners from the womb; they have gone astray from conception. They have been speaking falsehoods.
5 and he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.	5 Their fury is similar to that of a serpent; it is like a deaf asp, who even blocks her ears,
6 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth.	6 who will not listen to the voice of charmers, nor even to the enchanter who chants wisely.
7 They prepared a snare for my feet; and they bowed down my soul. They dug a pit before my face, and they are fallen into it.	7 God will crush their teeth within their own mouth. The Lord will break the molars of the lions.
8 My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will Sing, and rehearse a psalm.	8 They will come to nothing, like water flowing away. He has aimed his bow, while they are being weakened.
9 Arise, O my glory, arise psaltery and harp: I will arise early.	9 Like wax that flows, they will be carried away. Fire has fallen upon them, and they will not see the sun.
10 I will give praise to thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing a psalm to thee among the nations.	10 Before your thorns could know the brier, he consumes them alive, as if in rage.
11 For thy mercy is magnified even to the heavens: and thy truth unto the clouds.	11 The just one will rejoice when he sees vindication. He will wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.
12 Be thou exalted, O God, above the l heavens: and thy glory above all the earth.	12 And man will say, “If the just one is fruitful, then, truly, there is a God judging them on earth.”