Psalms 56

¹Unto the end, destroy not, to David in the inscription of the title, when he fled from the face of Saul into the cave.

²Have mercy on me, o God, have mercy on me: because my soul hath trusted in thee. And I will hope in the shadow of thy wings, until iniquity pass.

³I will cry to God the highest: God that hath done me good.

⁴He sent from heaven, and delivered me: he hath given into reproach them that trod upon me. God hath sent his mercy and his truth,

⁵and hath delivered my soul out of the midst of lions' whelps: I slept troubled. The sons of men, their teeth are weapons and arrows: and their tongue a sharp sword.

⁶Be exalted above the heavens, o God: and thy glory upon all the earth.

⁷They prepared a snare for my feet: and bowed down my soul. They digged a pit before my face: and they are fallen into it.

⁸My heart is ready, o God, my heart is ready: I will sing, and say a Psalm.

⁹Arise my glory, arise psalter and harp: I will arise early.

¹⁰I will confess to thee among peoples, o Lord: and I will say a Psalm to thee among the Gentiles.

¹¹Because thy mercy is magnified even to the heavens, and thy truth even to the clouds.

¹²Be exalted above the heavens o God: and thy glory upon all the earth.