Глава 57

1. ¶ BE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; for my soul trusts in thee; yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge until these calamities be overpast.
2. I will cry to God most High, to God my Saviour.
3. For he has sent from heaven and delivered me; he has put mine enemies to shame. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
4. He has delivered my life from the vicious as I slept in fear, and from the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongues sharp swords.
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 feet; they have digged a pit for my soul, into the midst of which they themselves have fallen.
7. ¶ My heart is made ready, O God, my heart is ready; I will sing and give praise in my glory.
8. Awake, my harp; awake, psaltery and harp; I myself will awake early.
9. I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people; I will sing unto thy name among the nations.
10. For thy mercy is exalted to the sky and thy faithfulness to the heavens.
11. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.