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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 57 Catholic Public Domain Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/57.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/57-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CPDV</a> > Psalm 57</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/56.htm" title="Psalm 56">◄</a> Psalm 57 <a href="../psalms/58.htm" title="Psalm 58">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/psalms/57-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">In You My Soul Takes Refuge<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_samuel/22.htm">1 Samuel 22:1–5</a>; <a href ="../psalms/108.htm">Psalm 108:1–13</a>; <a href ="../psalms/142.htm">Psalm 142:1–7</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><V 56:1>Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into a cave. <V 56:2>Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me. For my soul trusts in you. And I will hope in the shadow of your wings, until iniquity passes away.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><V 56:3>I will cry out to God Most High, to God who has been kind to me.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><V 56:4>He sent from heaven and freed me. He has surrendered into disgrace those who trampled me. God has sent his mercy and his truth.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><V 56:5>And he has rescued my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men: their teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue is a sharp sword.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><V 56:6>Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and your glory above all the earth.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><V 56:7>They prepared a snare for my feet, and they bowed down my soul. They dug a pit before my face, yet they have fallen into it.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><V 56:8>My heart is prepared, O God, my heart is prepared. I will sing, and I will compose a psalm.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><V 56:9>Rise up, my glory. Rise up, psaltery and harp. I will arise in early morning.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><V 56:10>I will confess to you, O Lord, among the peoples. I will compose a psalm to you among the nations.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><V 56:11>For your mercy has been magnified, even to the heavens, and your truth, even to the clouds.<p> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><V 56:12>Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and your glory above all the earth.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/56.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 56"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 56" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/58.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 58"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 58" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>