- For the Chief Musician;
[set to] Al-tash-heth.
[A Psalm] of David.
Michtam;
when he fled from Saul, in the cave.
- 1
- Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me;
For my soul taketh refuge in thee: Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge, Until [these] calamities be overpast.
- 2
- I will cry unto God Most High, Unto God that performeth [all things] for me.
- 3
- He will send from heaven, and save me, [When] he that would swallow me up reproacheth;
Selah God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.
- 4
- My soul is among lions;
I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
- 5
- Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;
[Let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.
- 6
- 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
- 7
- My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.
- 8
- Awake up, my glory;
awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.
- 9
- I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the peoples: I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
- 10
- For thy lovingkindness is great unto the heavens, And thy truth unto the skies.
- 11
- Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;
[Let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.
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