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My soul is surrounded by lions.
    I must lie down with man-eating lions.
    Their teeth are spears and arrows.
    Their tongues are sharp swords.
        May you be honored above the heavens, O Elohim.
        Let your glory extend over the whole earth.

My enemies spread out a net to catch me.
    (My soul is bowed down.)[a]
    They dug a pit to trap me,
    but then they fell into it. Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 57:6 Hebrew meaning of this line uncertain.

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