Psalm 53

To the chief Musician upon *Mahalath, †Maschil, A Psalm of David.

1  aThe fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.

Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity:

bThere is none that doeth good.

2  God looked down from heaven upon the children of men,

To see if there were bany that did understand, that did seek God.

3  bEvery one of them is cgone back: they are altogether become filthy;

There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

4  Have dthe workers of iniquity no knowledge?

Who eat up my people as they eat bread:

They have not called upon God.

5  There †were they in great fear, ewhere no fear was:

fFor God hath ghscattered hthe bones of him that encampeth against thee:

Thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

6  †Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion!

When God bringeth back the captivity of his people,

Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Psalm 54

To the chief Musician on *Neginoth, †Maschil, A Psalm of David, *when the †Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?

1  Save me, O God, by thy name,

And judge me by thy strength.

2  aHear my prayer, O God;

Give ear to the words of my mouth.

3  For bstrangers are risen up against me,

And oppressors seek after my soul:

They have not set God before them. Selah.

4  Behold, cGod is mine helper:

The Lord is cwith them that uphold my soul.

5  He shall reward evil unto †mine enemies:

dCut them off ein thy truth.

6  I will ffreely sacrifice unto thee:

I will praise thy name, O Lord; gfor it is good.

7  For he hath delivered me out of all trouble:

And mine eye hath hseen his desire upon mine enemies.

Psalm 55

To the chief Musician on *Neginoth, †Maschil, A Psalm of David.

1  *aGive ear to my bprayer, O God;

And hide not thyself from my bsupplication.

2  aAttend unto me, and chear me:

I mourn in my dcomplaint, and emake a noise;

3  Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked:

For fthey cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

4  My heart is sore pained within me:

And gthe terrors of death are fallen upon me.

5  hFearfulness and htrembling are come upon me,

And ihorror hath †overwhelmed me.

6  And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove!

For then would I fly away, and be at rest.

7  Lo, then would I wander far off,

And remain in the wilderness. Selah.

8  I would hasten my escape

From the windy storm and jtempest.

9  jjDestroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues:

For I have seen kviolence and strife in the city.

10  Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof:

Mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

11  lWickedness is in the midst thereof:

mDeceit and guile depart not from her streets.

12  For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it:

Neither was it he that hated me that did nmagnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

13  But it was thou, †a man mine equal,

My oguide, and mine pacquaintance.

14  †We took sweet qcounsel together,

And rwalked unto the house of God in qcompany.

15  Let death seize upon them,

And let them sgo down squick into ||hell:

For wickedness is in their tdwellings, and among them.

16  As for me, I will call upon God;

And the Lord shall save me.

17  uEvening, and morning, and wat noon, will I xpray, and xcry aloud:

And he shall hear my voice.

18  He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me:

For there were ymany zwith me.

19  God shall hear, and afflict them,

Even he that abideth aof old. Selah.

||Because they have no bchanges,

Therefore they fear not God.

20  He hath put forth his hands against csuch as be at peace with him:

†He hath broken his covenant.

21  dThe words of his mouth ewere smoother than butter, but war was in his heart:

eHis words were softer than oil, efyet were they drawn swords.

22  gCast thy ||burden upon the Lord, and he shall hsustain thee:

He shall never suffer the righteous ito be moved.

23  But thou, O God, jshalt bring them down into kthe pit of destruction:

†Bloody and deceitful men †lshall not live out half their days;

But mI will trust in thee.

Psalm 56

To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-recho-kim, ||Michtam of David, when the *Philistines took him in Gath.

1  Be amerciful unto me, O God: for man would bswallow me up;

He fighting daily oppresseth me.

2  †Mine enemies would daily bswallow me up:

For they be many that fight against me, cO thou most High.

3  What time I am afraid,

dI will trust in thee.

4  eIn God I will praise his word,

deIn God I have put my trust; fI will not fear

What flesh can do unto me.

5  Every day they wrest my words:

All their gthoughts are against me for evil.

6  They hgather themselves together, they ihide themselves,

They jmark my steps,

When they jwait for my soul.

7  Shall they escape by iniquity?

In thine anger kcast down the people, O God.

8  Thou tellest my wanderings:

lPut thou my tears into thy bottle:

Are they not in mthy book?

9  nWhen I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies oturn back:

This I know; for God is pfor me.

10  eIn God will I praise his word:

In the Lord will I praise his word.

11  eIn God have I put my trust: fI will not be afraid

What man can do unto me.

12  qThy vows are upon me, O God:

I will render rpraises unto thee.

13  sFor thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling,

tThat I may walk before God in uthe light of the living?

Psalm 57

To the chief Musician, ||Al-taschith, †Michtam of David, *when he fled from Saul in the cave.

1  Be amerciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me:

For my soul btrusteth in thee:

Yea, cin the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge,

dUntil these ecalamities be overpast.

2  I will cry unto God most high;

Unto God that fperformeth all things for me.

3  gHe shall send from heaven, and save me

||From the reproach of him that would hswallow me up. Selah.

God shall send forth ihis mercy and his truth.

4  jMy soul is kamong lions:

And I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men,

Whose lteeth are spears and arrows,

And mtheir tongue na sharp sword.

5  oBe thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;

Let thy glory be above all the earth.

6  They have prepared pa net for my steps;

My soul is ppbowed down:

qThey have digged a pit before me,

Into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

7  rMy heart is ||fixed, O God, my heart is fixed:

I will sing and give praise.

8  sAwake up, tmy glory; awake, upsaltery and uharp:

I myself will awake early.

9  I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people:

I will sing unto thee among the nations.

10  For xthy mercy is great unto the heavens,

And thy truth unto the clouds.

11  oBe thou exalted, O God, above the heavens:

Let thy glory be above all the earth.