PSALM 57 S.M. Sing Psalms

Recommended Tune: Selma

1  Have mercy on me, Lord;
to you my soul holds fast.
Your cov’ring wings will shelter me
until the danger’s past.

2  I cry to God Most High,
to God who answers me,
For he fulfils his purposes
for me most perfectly.

3  He sends his help from heaven
and saves me from above,
Rebuking those who seek my life;
God sends his truth and love.

4  I live with savage beasts,
I dwell with lions strong—
With men who speak with piercing words;
a sharp sword is their tongue.

5  Above the highest heavens,
O God, exalted be!
And over all the earth below
display your majesty.

6  My soul was overwhelmed;
they spread a net for me.
But they themselves fell in the pit
which they dug secretly.

7  My heart is steadfast, Lord;
with music I will sing.
8  Awake, my soul! Wake, harp and lyre!
My song the dawn will bring.

9  Among the nations, Lord, to you
I will give praise.
Among the peoples of the earth
my songs of you I’ll raise.

10  Great is your steadfast love,
which reaches to the sky.
Your constant faithfulness, O Lord,
extends to heaven high.

11  Above the highest heavens,
O God, exalted be!
And over all the earth below
display your majesty.