Psalms Fifty-six | A golden Psalm of David

To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David

(A golden Psalm of David) 

 when the Philistines took him in Gath.

Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppress me.

Psalms 56:2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

Psalms 56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.



Psalms 56:4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

Psalms 56:5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

Psalms 56:6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

Psalms 56:7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

Psalms 56:8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

Psalms 56:9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

Psalms 56:10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.

Psalms 56:11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

Psalms 56:12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.

Psalms 56:13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
 (KJV)

Psalms for the Soul: Psalms Fifty-eight

To the chief Musician, Altaschith,(Destroy Not)

 Michtam of David

Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do you judge uprightly, O you sons of men?

Psalms 58:2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

Psalms 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Psalms 58:4
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; {like the poison: Heb. according to the likeness, etc} {adder: or, asp}

Psalms 58:5
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. {charming...: or, be the charmer never so cunning}

Psalms 58:6
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Psalms 58:7
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

Psalms 58:8
As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

Psalms 58:9
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. {both...: Heb. as living as wrath}

Psalms 58:10
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Psalms 58:11
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. {a reward...: Heb. fruit of the, etc}
 (KJV)

Psalms 57 | When David fled from Saul in the cave.

To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, 

When David  fled from Saul in the cave.

When David fled from King Saul, he hid for a time in the Cave of Adullam.  He was surrounded by enemies, and he feared for his very life.  Just as the cave was a place of refuge for his body, so he believed God was a refuge for his spirit.  Therefore, his heart was strong with courage.

Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trust
in you: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.  I will cry unto God most high; unto God that perform all things for me.

 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.  My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.  They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.  I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.  For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.
 (KJV)