I will call unto the most high God, even the God, that [a]performeth his promise toward me.

He will send from [b]heaven, and save me from the reproof of him that would swallow me. Selah. God will send his mercy, and his truth.

My soul is among lions; I lie among the children of men, that are set on fire; whose teeth are [c]spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 57:2 Who leaveth not his works begun imperfect.
  2. Psalm 57:3 He would rather deliver me by a miracle, than that I should be overcome.
  3. Psalm 57:4 He meaneth their calumnies and false reports.

I cry out to God Most High,
    to God, who vindicates me.(A)
He sends from heaven and saves me,(B)
    rebuking those who hotly pursue me—[a](C)
    God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.(D)

I am in the midst of lions;(E)
    I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts—
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
    whose tongues are sharp swords.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 57:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 6.