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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 Literal Standard 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><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="../">LSV</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">Literal Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/psalms/57-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>TO THE OVERSEER. “DO NOT DESTROY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN HIS FLEEING FROM THE FACE OF SAUL INTO A CAVE. Favor me, O God, favor me, "" For my soul is trusting in You, "" And I trust in the shadow of Your wings, "" Until the calamities pass over.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I call to God Most High, "" To God [who] is perfecting for me.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He sends from the heavens, and saves me, "" He reproached [the one] who is panting after me. Selah. God sends forth His kindness and His truth.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>My soul [is] in the midst of lions, "" I lie down [among] flames—sons of men, "" Their teeth [are] a spear and arrows, "" And their tongue a sharp sword.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Be exalted above the heavens, O God, "" 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>They have prepared a net for my steps, "" My soul has bowed down, "" They have dug a pit before me, "" They have fallen into its midst. Selah.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>My heart is prepared, O God, "" My heart is prepared, "" I sing and praise.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Awake, my glory, awake, stringed instrument and harp, "" I awake the morning dawn.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I thank You among the peoples, O Lord, "" I praise You among the nations.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For Your kindness [is] great to the heavens, "" And Your truth to the clouds.<p> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/57-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Be exalted above the heavens, O God. Your glory above all the earth!<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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