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Psalm 57

1 Dauid being in the deſert of Ziph, where the inhabitāts did betraye him, & at length in the ſame caue with Saul, 2 Calleth moſte earneſtly vnto God with ful cōfidence, that he wil performe his promiſe & take his cauſe in hād: 5 Alſo that he wil ſhew his glorie in the heauens and the earth againſt his cruel enemies. 9 Therefore doeth he rendre laude & praiſe.
¶ To him that excelleth. Deſtroye not. A Pſalme of Dauid on Michtám. When he fled from Saúl in the caue.
1.HAue mercie vpon me, ô God, haue mercie vpó me: for my ſoule truſteth in thee, and in the ſhadow of thy wings wil I truſt, til theſe afflictions ouerpaſſe.
2.I wil call vnto the moſte high God, euen to the God, that performeth his promes toward me.
3.He wil ſend from heauen, and ſaue me from the reprofe of him that wolde ſwallow me. Sélah. God wil ſend his mercie, and his trueth.
4.My ſoule is among lions: I lie among the childrē of men, that are ſet on fyre: whoſe teeth are ſpeares and arrowes, and their tongue a ſharpe ſworde.
5.Exalte thy ſelf, ô God, aboue the heauē, & let thy glorie be vpon all the earth.
6.They haue layed a net for my ſteppes: my ſoule is preſſed downe: they haue digged a pit before me, & are fallen into the middes of it Sélah.
7.Mine heart is prepared, ô God, mine heart is prepared: I wil ſing & giue praiſe.
8.Awake my tongue, awake viole & harpe: I wil awake early.
9.I wil praiſe thee, ô Lord, among the people, and I wil ſing vnto thee among the nations.
10.For thy mercie is great vnto the heauēs, and thy trueth vnto the cloudes.
11.Exalt thy ſelf, ô God, aboue the heauens, and let thy glorie be vpon all the earth.

Notes

1:".
This was ether the beginning of a certeine ſong, or the wordes, wc Dauid vttered, whē he ſtayed his affectiō
1:*.
1. Sā. 24,4.
1:".
Or, dwel moſte ſafely
1:b.
He cōpareth the afflictions, wc God layeth vpon his children, to a ſtormee, that commeth & goeth.
2:c.
Who leaueth not his workes begō vnperfit
3:d.
He wolde rather deliuer me by a miracle, then that I ſhuld be ouercome
4:e.
He meaneth their calūnies & falſe reportes
5:f.
Suffer me not to be deſtroyed to the contempt of thy Name
6:g.
For verie feare, ſeing the great dangers on all ſides
7:h.
That is, wholly bēt to giue thee praiſe for my deliuerance
8:i.
He ſheweth yt bothe his heart ſhal praiſe God and his tōgue ſhal cōfeſſe him, and alſo yt he wil vſe other meanes to prouoke him ſelf forwarde to the ſame
10:k.
Thy mercies do not onely apperteine to the Iewes, but alſo to the Gentiles