Psalm 57: In the Shadow of Your Wings

¹Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for my soul trusts in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings I will make my refuge, until these calamities have passed. ²I will cry to God Most High, to God who performs all things for me. ³He will send from heaven and save me from the reproach of him who would swallow me up. Selah. God will send forth his mercy and his truth. ⁴My soul is among lions; and I lie among those who are set on fire, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. ⁵Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be above all the earth. ⁶They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down. They have dug a pit before me, into the midst of which they have fallen themselves. Selah. ⁷My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed. I will sing and give praise. ⁸Awake, my glory! Awake, lyre and harp! I myself will awake early. ⁹I will praise you, O Lord, among the people; I will sing to you among the nations. ¹⁰For your mercy is great to the heavens, and your truth to the clouds. ¹¹Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be above all the earth.