Chapter 56

¹ For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul to the cave.

Ps 56:1

² Have mercy, upon me, O God, have mercy upon me:

Ps 56:2

³ I will cry to God most high;

Ps 56:3

⁴ He sent from heaven and saved me;

Ps 56:4

⁵ And he has delivered my soul from the midst of [lions’] whelps:

Ps 56:5

⁶ Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;

Ps 56:6

⁷ They have prepared snares for my feet,

Ps 56:7

⁸ My heart, O God, [is] ready,

Ps 56:8

⁹ Awake, my glory;

Ps 56:9

¹⁰ O Lord, I will give thanks to thee among the nations:

Ps 56:10

¹¹ For thy mercy has been magnified even to the heavens,

Ps 56:11

¹² Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;

Ps 56:12