Psalms 57

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 [For the choirmaster Tune: 'Do not destroy' Of David In a quiet voice When he escaped from Saul inthe cave] Take pity on me, God, take pity on me, for in you I take refuge, in the shadow of your wings I takerefuge, until the destruction is past.	1 Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave
2 I call to God the Most High, to God who has done everything for me;	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 may he send from heaven and save me, and check those who harry me;Pause may God send hisfaithful love and his constancy.	3 I will cry to God the most High; to God who hath done good to me.
4 I lie surrounded by lions, greedy for human prey, their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongue asharp sword.	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 Be exalted above the heavens, God! Your glory over al the earth!	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 They laid a snare in my path -- I was bowed with care -- they dug a pit ahead of me, but fel in itthemselves.Pause	6 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth.
7 My heart is ready, God, my heart is ready; I wil sing, and make music for you.	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 Awake, my glory, awake, lyre and harp, that I may awake the Dawn.	8 My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will Sing, and rehearse a psalm.
9 I will praise you among the peoples, Lord, I wil make music for you among nations,	9 Arise, O my glory, arise psaltery and harp: I will arise early.
10 for your faithful love towers to heaven, your constancy to the clouds.	10 I will give praise to thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing a psalm to thee among the nations.
11 Be exalted above the heavens, God! Your glory over al the earth!	11 For thy mercy is magnified even to the heavens: and thy truth unto the clouds.
	12 Be thou exalted, O God, above the l heavens: and thy glory above all the earth.