Psalms 57

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title.	1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
2 If, truly and certainly, you speak justice, then judge what is right, you sons of men.	2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
3 For, even in your heart, you work iniquity. Your hands construct injustice on the earth.	3 He shall send from heaven, and save from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
4 Sinners have become foreigners from the womb; they have gone astray from conception. They have been speaking falsehoods.	4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears 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,	5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
6 who will not listen to the voice of charmers, nor even to the enchanter who chants wisely.	6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
7 God will crush their teeth within their own mouth. The Lord will break the molars of the lions.	7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
8 They will come to nothing, like water flowing away. He has aimed his bow, while they are being weakened.	8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
9 Like wax that flows, they will be carried away. Fire has fallen upon them, and they will not see the sun.	9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.
10 Before your thorns could know the brier, he consumes them alive, as if in rage.	10 For thy mercy is great unto 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.	11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be 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.”