PSALM 57


57:1 For the Leader; Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David; Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave.

57:2 Be gracious unto me, O God, be gracious unto me, for in Thee hath my soul taken refuge; yea, in the shadow of Thy wings will I take refuge, until calamities be overpast.

57:3 I will cry unto God Most high; unto God that accomplisheth it for me.

57:4 He will send from heaven, and save me, when he that would swallow me up taunteth; Selah; God shall send forth His mercy and His truth.

57:5 My soul is among lions, I do lie down among them that are aflame; even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

57:6 Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; Thy glory be above all the earth.

57:7 They have prepared a net for my steps, my soul is bowed down; they have digged a pit before me, they are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. Selah

57:8 My heart is stedfast, O God, my heart is stedfast; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.

57:9 Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn.

57:10 I will give thanks unto Thee, O L-rd, among the peoples; I will sing praises unto Thee among the nations.

57:11 For Thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and Thy truth unto the skies.

57:12 Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; Thy glory be above all the earth.

 


Hebrew Transliteration

57:1 lamnatsêach 'al-tashchêth ledhâvidh mikhtâm bebhorcho mippenêy-shâ'ul bamme`ârâh

57:2 chânnêniy 'elohiym chânnêniy kiy bhekha châsâyâhnaphshiy ubhetsêl-kenâpheykha 'echseh `adh ya`abhor havvoth

57:3 'eqrâ'lê'lohiym `elyon lâ'êl gomêr `âlây

57:4 yishlach mishâmayimveyoshiy`êniy chêrêph sho'aphiy selâh yishlach 'elohiym chasdo va'amitto

57:5 naphshiy bethokh lebhâ'im 'eshkebhâh lohathiym benêy-'âdhâm shinnêyhemchaniyth vechitsiym uleshonâm cherebh chaddâh

57:6 rumâh `al-hashâmayim'elohiym `al kol-hâ'ârets kebhodhekha

57:7 resheth hêkhiynu liph`âmay kâphaphnaphshiy kâru lephânay shiychâh nâphlu bhethokhâh selâh

57:8 nâkhon libbiy'elohiym nâkhon libbiy 'âshiyrâh va'azammêrâh

57:9 `urâh khebhodhiy`urâh hannêbhel vekhinnor 'â`iyrâh shâchar

57:10 'odhekha bhâ`ammiym'adhonây 'azammerkha bal-'ummiym

57:11 kiy-ghâdhol `adh-shâmayimchasdekha ve`adh-shechâqiym 'amittekha

57:12 rumâh `al-shâmayim 'elohiym`al kol-hâ'ârets kebhodhekha


This version of the psalms is from the Jewish Publication Society (JPS),
a translation of the Hebrew Bible published in 1917.

The text is in the public domain.

Source for English:  http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/jps/psa.htm

Source for transliteration: http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/tv/psa.htm

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