He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

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He sends from heaven and saves me,(A)
    rebuking those who hotly pursue me—[a](B)
    God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.(C)

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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.

11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

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11 Do not withhold your mercy(A) from me, Lord;
    may your love(B) and faithfulness(C) always protect(D) me.

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O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

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Send me your light(A) and your faithful care,(B)
    let them lead me;(C)
let them bring me to your holy mountain,(D)
    to the place where you dwell.(E)

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11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

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11 Then Peter came to himself(A) and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me(B) from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”

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Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

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Part your heavens,(A) Lord, and come down;(B)
    touch the mountains, so that they smoke.(C)
Send forth lightning(D) and scatter(E) the enemy;
    shoot your arrows(F) and rout them.
Reach down your hand from on high;(G)
    deliver me and rescue me(H)
from the mighty waters,(I)
    from the hands of foreigners(J)

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He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

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May he be enthroned in God’s presence forever;(A)
    appoint your love and faithfulness to protect him.(B)

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56 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

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Psalm 56[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” Of David. A miktam.[b] When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.

Be merciful to me,(A) my God,
    for my enemies are in hot pursuit;(B)
    all day long they press their attack.(C)
My adversaries pursue me all day long;(D)
    in their pride many are attacking me.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 56:1 In Hebrew texts 56:1-13 is numbered 56:2-14.
  2. Psalm 56:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

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    you who hate good and love evil;
who tear the skin from my people
    and the flesh from their bones;(A)
who eat my people’s flesh,(B)
    strip off their skin
    and break their bones in pieces;(C)
who chop(D) them up like meat for the pan,
    like flesh for the pot?(E)

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24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

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24 The people rise like a lioness;(A)
    they rouse themselves like a lion(B)
that does not rest till it devours its prey
    and drinks the blood(C) of its victims.”

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17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

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17 For the law was given through Moses;(A) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.(B)

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And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

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There was a violent earthquake,(A) for an angel(B) of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone(C) and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.(D) The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid,(E) for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.(F) Come and see the place where he lay.

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31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

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31 if those of my household have never said,
    ‘Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?’(A)

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In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.

19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

24 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

28 For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

31 For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?

32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.

34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.

42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

46 The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.

50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

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In my distress(A) I called to the Lord;(B)
    I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;(C)
    my cry came(D) before him, into his ears.
The earth trembled(E) and quaked,(F)
    and the foundations of the mountains shook;(G)
    they trembled because he was angry.(H)
Smoke rose from his nostrils;(I)
    consuming fire(J) came from his mouth,
    burning coals(K) blazed out of it.
He parted the heavens and came down;(L)
    dark clouds(M) were under his feet.
10 He mounted the cherubim(N) and flew;
    he soared(O) on the wings of the wind.(P)
11 He made darkness his covering,(Q) his canopy(R) around him—
    the dark rain clouds of the sky.
12 Out of the brightness of his presence(S) clouds advanced,
    with hailstones(T) and bolts of lightning.(U)
13 The Lord thundered(V) from heaven;
    the voice of the Most High resounded.[a]
14 He shot his arrows(W) and scattered the enemy,
    with great bolts of lightning(X) he routed them.(Y)
15 The valleys of the sea were exposed
    and the foundations(Z) of the earth laid bare
at your rebuke,(AA) Lord,
    at the blast of breath from your nostrils.(AB)

16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me;
    he drew me out of deep waters.(AC)
17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy,(AD)
    from my foes, who were too strong for me.(AE)
18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,(AF)
    but the Lord was my support.(AG)
19 He brought me out into a spacious place;(AH)
    he rescued me because he delighted in me.(AI)

20 The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness;(AJ)
    according to the cleanness of my hands(AK) he has rewarded me.(AL)
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord;(AM)
    I am not guilty of turning(AN) from my God.
22 All his laws are before me;(AO)
    I have not turned away from his decrees.
23 I have been blameless(AP) before him
    and have kept myself from sin.
24 The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,(AQ)
    according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

25 To the faithful(AR) you show yourself faithful,(AS)
    to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
26 to the pure(AT) you show yourself pure,
    but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.(AU)
27 You save the humble(AV)
    but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.(AW)
28 You, Lord, keep my lamp(AX) burning;
    my God turns my darkness into light.(AY)
29 With your help(AZ) I can advance against a troop[b];
    with my God I can scale a wall.

30 As for God, his way is perfect:(BA)
    The Lord’s word is flawless;(BB)
    he shields(BC) all who take refuge(BD) in him.
31 For who is God besides the Lord?(BE)
    And who is the Rock(BF) except our God?
32 It is God who arms me with strength(BG)
    and keeps my way secure.(BH)
33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;(BI)
    he causes me to stand on the heights.(BJ)
34 He trains my hands for battle;(BK)
    my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
35 You make your saving help my shield,
    and your right hand sustains(BL) me;
    your help has made me great.
36 You provide a broad path(BM) for my feet,
    so that my ankles do not give way.(BN)

37 I pursued my enemies(BO) and overtook them;
    I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
38 I crushed them(BP) so that they could not rise;(BQ)
    they fell beneath my feet.(BR)
39 You armed me with strength(BS) for battle;
    you humbled my adversaries(BT) before me.
40 You made my enemies turn their backs(BU) in flight,
    and I destroyed(BV) my foes.
41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them(BW)
    to the Lord, but he did not answer.(BX)
42 I beat them as fine as windblown dust;(BY)
    I trampled them[c] like mud in the streets.
43 You have delivered me from the attacks of the people;
    you have made me the head of nations.(BZ)
People I did not know(CA) now serve me,
44     foreigners(CB) cower before me;
    as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
45 They all lose heart;(CC)
    they come trembling(CD) from their strongholds.(CE)

46 The Lord lives!(CF) Praise be to my Rock!(CG)
    Exalted be God(CH) my Savior!(CI)
47 He is the God who avenges(CJ) me,
    who subdues nations(CK) under me,
48     who saves(CL) me from my enemies.(CM)
You exalted me above my foes;
    from a violent man(CN) you rescued me.
49 Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;(CO)
    I will sing(CP) the praises of your name.(CQ)

50 He gives his king great victories;
    he shows unfailing love to his anointed,(CR)
    to David(CS) and to his descendants forever.(CT)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 18:13 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 2 Samuel 22:14); most Hebrew manuscripts resounded, / amid hailstones and bolts of lightning
  2. Psalm 18:29 Or can run through a barricade
  3. Psalm 18:42 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac and Targum (see also 2 Samuel 22:43); Masoretic Text I poured them out