The Book of Psalms 56 |
The Douay-Rheims Version Online Bible (DRV) |
Psalms 56:1 | Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave |
Psalms 56:2 | Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me: for my soul trusteth in thee. And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until iniquity pass away. |
Psalms 56:3 | I will cry to God the most High; to God who hath done good to me. |
Psalms 56:4 | He hath sent from heaven and delivered me: he hath made them a reproach that trod upon me. God hath sent his mercy and his truth, |
Psalms 56:5 | and he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. |
Psalms 56:6 | Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth. |
Psalms 56:7 | They prepared a snare for my feet; and they bowed down my soul. They dug a pit before my face, and they are fallen into it. |
Psalms 56:8 | My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will Sing, and rehearse a psalm. |
Psalms 56:9 | Arise, O my glory, arise psaltery and harp: I will arise early. |
Psalms 56:10 | I will give praise to thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing a psalm to thee among the nations. |
Psalms 56:11 | For thy mercy is magnified even to the heavens: and thy truth unto the clouds. |
Psalms 56:12 | Be thou exalted, O God, above the l heavens: and thy glory above all the earth. |