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I will cry to God Most High,
    to God who vindicates me.
He will send from heaven and save me
    from the taunt of the one who crushes me. Selah
    God will send forth His mercy and His truth.

My soul is among lions,
    and I lie among the sons of men who blaze like fire,
whose teeth are spears and arrows,
    and their tongue a sharp sword.

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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.