Psalm 56:8-58:6

English Standard Version

⁸You have kept count of my tossings;^[a]
    ^(A)put my tears in your bottle.
    ^(B)Are they not in your book?
⁹Then my enemies will turn back
    ^(C)in the day when I call.
    This I know, that^[b] ^(D)God is for me.
¹⁰In God, whose word I praise,
    in the Lord, whose word I praise,
¹¹in God I trust; ^(E)I shall not be afraid.
    What can man do to me?

¹²I must perform my ^(F)vows to you, O God;
    I will ^(G)render thank offerings to you.
¹³^(H)For you have delivered my soul from death,
    yes, my feet from falling,
^(I)that I may walk before God
    ^(J)in the light of life.

Let Your Glory Be over All the Earth

To the choirmaster: according to ^(K)Do Not Destroy. A ^(L)Miktam^[c] of David, when he fled from Saul, in ^(M)the cave.

57 ^(N)Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,
    for in you my soul ^(O)takes refuge;
in ^(P)the shadow of your wings I will take refuge,
    ^(Q)till the storms of destruction pass by.
²I cry out to God Most High,
    to God who ^(R)fulfills his purpose for me.
³^(S)He will send from heaven and save me;
    he will put to shame ^(T)him who tramples on me. Selah
^(U)God will send out ^(V)his steadfast love and his faithfulness!

⁴My soul is in the midst of ^(W)lions;
I lie down amid fiery beasts—
the children of man, whose ^(X)teeth are spears and arrows,
whose ^(Y)tongues are sharp swords.

⁵^(Z)Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
Let your glory be over all the earth!

⁶They set ^(AA)a net for my steps;
    my soul was ^(AB)bowed down.
They ^(AC)dug a pit in my way,
    but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah
⁷^(AD)My heart is ^(AE)steadfast, O God,
    my heart is steadfast!
I will sing and make melody!
⁸    ^(AF)Awake, ^(AG)my glory!^[d]
Awake, ^(AH)O harp and lyre!
    I will awake the dawn!
⁹I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;
    I will sing praises to you among the nations.
¹⁰For your ^(AI)steadfast love is great to the heavens,
    your faithfulness to the clouds.

¹¹^(AJ)Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
Let your glory be over all the earth!

God Who Judges the Earth

To the choirmaster: according to ^(AK)Do Not Destroy. A ^(AL)Miktam^[e] of David.

58 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?^[f]
Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
²No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
your hands ^(AM)deal out violence on earth.

³The wicked are ^(AN)estranged from the womb;
    they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
⁴^(AO)They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
    like the deaf adder that stops its ear,
⁵so that it ^(AP)does not hear the voice of charmers
    or of the cunning enchanter.