Psalms 56

1For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul to the cave.

2Have mercy, upon me, O God, have mercy upon me:

For my soul has trusted in thee:

And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope,

Until the iniquity have passed away.

3I will cry to God most high;

The God who has benefited me. Pause.

4He sent from heaven and saved me;

He gave to reproach them that trampled on me:

God has sent forth his mercy and his truth;

5And he has delivered my soul from the midst of lions’ whelps:

I lay down to sleep, though troubled.

As for the sons of men, their teeth are arms and missile weapons,

And their tongue a sharp sword.

6Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;

And thy glory above all the earth.

7They have prepared snares for my feet,

And have bowed down my soul:

They have dug a pit before my face,

And fallen into it themselves. Pause.

8My heart, O God, is ready,

My heart is ready: I will sing, yea will sing psalms.

9Awake, my glory;

Awake, psaltery and harp:

I will awake early.

10O Lord, I will give thanks to thee among the nations:

I will sing to thee among the Gentiles.

11For thy mercy has been magnified even to the heavens,

And thy truth to the clouds.

12Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;

And thy glory above all the earth.