Psalms 57

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 For the director. Do not destroy. A miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into a cave.	1 Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave
2 Have mercy on me, God, have mercy on me. In you I seek shelter. In the shadow of your wings I seek shelter till harm pass by.	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.
3 I call to God Most High, to God who provides for me.	3 I will cry to God the most High; to God who hath done good to me.
4 May God send help from heaven to save me, shame those who trample upon me. May God send fidelity and love. Selah	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,
5 I must lie down in the midst of lions hungry for human prey. Their teeth are spears and arrows; their tongue, a sharpened sword.	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.
6 Show yourself over the heavens, God; may your glory appear above all the earth.	6 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth.
7 They have set a trap for my feet; my soul is bowed down; They have dug a pit before me. May they fall into it themselves! Selah	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.
8 My heart is steadfast, God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and chant praise.	8 My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will Sing, and rehearse a psalm.
9 Awake, my soul; awake, lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn.	9 Arise, O my glory, arise psaltery and harp: I will arise early.
10 I will praise you among the peoples, Lord; I will chant your praise among the nations.	10 I will give praise to thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing a psalm to thee among the nations.
11 For your love towers to the heavens; your faithfulness, to the skies.	11 For thy mercy is magnified even to the heavens: and thy truth unto the clouds.
12 Show yourself over the heavens, God; may your glory appear above all the earth.	12 Be thou exalted, O God, above the l heavens: and thy glory above all the earth.