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Psalm 57[a]

Confident Prayer for Deliverance

For the director. Do not destroy.[b] A miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into a cave.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 57 Each of the two equal strophes contains a prayer for rescue from enemies, accompanied by joyful trust in God (Ps 57:2–5, 7–11). The refrain prays that God be manifested as saving (Ps 57:6, 12). Ps 108 is nearly identical to part of this Psalm (cf. Ps 57:8–11, Ps 108:2–6).
  2. 57:1 Do not destroy: probably the title of the melody to which the Psalm was to be sung.