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  57:1 ¶
[[For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul to the cave.]] Have 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. |
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57:1 ¶
[[To the chief Musician,ºº
Altaschith,ºº
Michtamº
of David,º
when he fledºº
fromºº
Saulº
in the cave.]]º
Be mercifulºº
unto me, O Elohim,º
be mercifulºº
unto me: forº
my soulº
trustethºº
in thee: yea, in the shadowº
of thy wingsº
will I make my refuge,ºº
untilº
[these] calamitiesº
be overpast.ºº |
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57:2
I will cry to God most high; the God who has benefited me. Pause. |
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57:2
I will cryºº
unto Elohimº
Elyon;º
unto Elº
that performethºº
[all things] forº
me. |
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57:3
He sent from heaven and saved me; he gave to reproach them that trampled on me: God has sent forth his mercy and his truth; |
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57:3
He shall sendºº
from heaven,ºº
and saveºº
me [from] the reproachºº
of him that would swallow me up.ºº
Selah.º
Elohimº
shall send forthºº
his mercyº
and his truth.º |
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57:4
and 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. |
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57:4
My soulº
[is] amongº
lions:º
[and] I lieºº
[even among] them that are set on fire,ºº
[even] the sonsº
of men,º
whose teethº
[are] spearsº
and arrows,º
and their tongueº
a sharpº
sword.º |
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57:5
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and thy glory above all the earth. |
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57:5
Be thou exalted,ºº
O Elohim,º
aboveº
the heavens;º
[let] thy gloryº
[be] aboveº
allº
the earth.º |
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57:6
They 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. |
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57:6
They have preparedºº
a netº
for my steps;º
my soulº
is bowed down:ºº
they have diggedºº
a pitº
beforeº
me, into the midstº
whereof they are fallenºº
[themselves]. Selah.º |
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57:7
My heart, O God, [is] ready, my heart [is] ready: I will sing, yea will sing psalms. |
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57:7
My heartº
is fixed,ºº
O Elohim,º
my heartº
is fixed:ºº
I will singºº
and give praise.ºº |
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57:8
Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I will awake early. |
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57:8
Awake up,ºº
my glory;º
awake,ºº
psalteryº
and harp:º
I [myself] will awakeºº
early.º |
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57:9
O Lord, I will give thanks to thee among the nations: I will sing to thee among the Gentiles. |
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57:9
I will praiseºº
thee, O Yahweh,º
among the people:º
I will singºº
unto thee among the nations.º |
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57:10
For thy mercy has been magnified even to the heavens, and thy truth to the clouds. |
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57:10
Forº
thy mercyº
[is] greatº
untoº
the heavens,º
and thy truthº
untoº
the clouds.º |
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57:11
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and thy glory above all the earth. |
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57:11
Be thou exalted,ºº
O Elohim,º
aboveº
the heavens:º
[let] thy gloryº
[be] aboveº
allº
the earth.º |
