Psalm 56
1 For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul to the cave.
2 Have mercy upon me, O God, have mercy upon me:
for my soul hath trusted in thee:
and in the shadow of thy wings will I hope,
until the iniquity have passed away.
3 I will cry to God most high;
the God who hath benefited me.
Pause.
4 He sent from heaven and saved me;
he gave to reproach them that trampled on me:
God hath sent forth his mercy and his truth;
5 and he hath 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.
6 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;
and thy glory above all the earth.
7 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.
8 My heart, O God, is ready,
my heart is ready: I will sing, yea will sing psalms.
9 Awake, my glory;
awake, psaltery and harp:
I will awake early.
10 O Lord, I will give thanks to thee among the nations:
I will sing to thee among the Gentiles.
11 For thy mercy hath been magnified even to the heavens,
and thy truth to the clouds.
12 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;
and thy glory above all the earth.