Psalm 57

⁴He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.

⁷How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!

⁷Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.

⁸Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings

¹⁰Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

⁷For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.

⁴‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

⁸The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me. O Lord, Your loving devotion endures forever—do not abandon the works of Your hands.

⁶being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

²¹equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

¹²O Lord, You will establish peace for us. For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.

²Give thanks to the God of gods. His loving devotion endures forever.

³Give thanks to the Lord of lords. His loving devotion endures forever.

¹²Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

¹¹O Lord, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.

³Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain and to the place where You dwell.

⁵Part Your heavens, O Lord, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

⁶Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.

¹¹Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”

⁷May he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him.

¹For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.

²My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.

⁶O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O Lord, tear out the fangs of the lions.

¹⁴there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.

¹⁷How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.

²¹His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

³who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

¹⁸Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

¹⁴For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

³And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”

¹⁹And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.

²¹“Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the Lord,

¹¹Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.

⁴For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

⁵Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.

¹⁴The Lord upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.

¹⁰He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

¹⁵He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.

¹⁶His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.

²The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.

⁵The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah

⁷For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.

⁸May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.

⁷He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.

²⁰always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴I sought the Lord, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.

³Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;

¹⁵Therefore glorify the Lord in the east. Extol the name of the Lord, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.

¹A song. A Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.

²Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

⁹Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.

¹²that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks forever.

¹²‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’

¹A song. A Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.

²Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

¹Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.

²⁶Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope,

²²I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.

²³You who fear the Lord, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!

³Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.

⁹so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”

⁴⁹Therefore I will praise You, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.

⁴All the kings of the earth will give You thanks, O Lord, when they hear the words of Your mouth.

⁵They will sing of the ways of the Lord, for the glory of the Lord is great.

¹Of David. I give You thanks with all my heart; before the gods I sing Your praises.

⁴For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

⁵Your loving devotion, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.

¹¹For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.

⁷“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.

⁸In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord your Redeemer.

¹⁹Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?

¹⁷So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.

¹⁸Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.

⁵Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.

¹For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.

³and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!

⁴Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”

⁹O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!