Psalms 57

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title.	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.
2 If, truly and certainly, you speak justice, then judge what is right, you sons of men.	2 I call to God the Most High, to God who has done everything for me;
3 For, even in your heart, you work iniquity. Your hands construct injustice on the earth.	3 may he send from heaven and save me, and check those who harry me;Pause may God send hisfaithful love and his constancy.
4 Sinners have become foreigners from the womb; they have gone astray from conception. They have been speaking falsehoods.	4 I lie surrounded by lions, greedy for human prey, their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongue asharp sword.
5 Their fury is similar to that of a serpent; it is like a deaf asp, who even blocks her ears,	5 Be exalted above the heavens, God! Your glory over al the earth!
6 who will not listen to the voice of charmers, nor even to the enchanter who chants wisely.	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
7 God will crush their teeth within their own mouth. The Lord will break the molars of the lions.	7 My heart is ready, God, my heart is ready; I wil sing, and make music for you.
8 They will come to nothing, like water flowing away. He has aimed his bow, while they are being weakened.	8 Awake, my glory, awake, lyre and harp, that I may awake the Dawn.
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 you among the peoples, Lord, I wil make music for you among nations,
10 Before your thorns could know the brier, he consumes them alive, as if in rage.	10 for your faithful love towers to heaven, your constancy to 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 exalted above the heavens, God! Your glory over al the earth!
12 And man will say, “If the just one is fruitful, then, truly, there is a God judging them on earth.”