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Psalms Chapter 56

Miserere mei, Deus. The prophet prays in his affliction, and praises G.o.d for his delivery.

56:1. Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a t.i.tle, when he fled from Saul into the cave. [1 Kings 24.]

Destroy not... Suffer me not to be destroyed.

56:2. Have mercy on me, O G.o.d, have mercy on me: for my soul trusteth in thee. And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until iniquity pa.s.s away.

56:3. I will cry to G.o.d the most high; to G.o.d who hath done good to me.

56:4. He hath sent from heaven and delivered me: he hath made them a reproach that trod upon me. G.o.d hath sent his mercy and his truth,

56:5. And he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons ofmen, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

56:6. Be thou exalted, O G.o.d, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth.

56:7. 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.

56:8. My heart is ready, O G.o.d, my heart is ready: I will sing, and rehea.r.s.e a psalm.

56:9. Arise, O my glory, arise psaltery and harp: I will arise early.

56:10. I will give praise to thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing a psalm to thee among the nations.

56:11. For thy mercy is magnified even to the heavens: and thy truth unto the clouds.

56:12. Be thou exalted, O G.o.d, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth.

Psalms Chapter 57

Si vere utique.

David reproveth the wicked, and foretelleth their punishment.

57:1. Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a t.i.tle.

57:2. If in very deed ye speak justice: judge right things, ye sons of men.

57:3. For in your heart you work iniquity: your hands forge injustice in the earth.

57:4. The wicked are alienated from the womb; they have gone astray from the womb: they have spoken false things.

57:5. Their madness is according to the likeness of a serpent: like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears:

57:6. Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; nor of the wizard that charmeth wisely.

57:7. G.o.d shall break in pieces their teeth in their mouth: the Lord shall break the grinders of the lions.