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            <div class="label">57</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 57</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 57:1-11 is numbered 57:2-12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. To the tune of &#8220;Do Not Destroy.&#8221; Of David. A </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">miktam.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> When he had fled from Saul into the cave.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.57.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.57.1"><span class="content">for in you I take refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.57.1"><span class="content">I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.57.1"><span class="content">until the disaster has passed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.57.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.57.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I cry out to God Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.57.2"><span class="content">to God, who vindicates me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.57.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.57.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He sends from heaven and saves me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.57.3"><span class="content">rebuking those who hotly pursue me&#8212;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">57:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 6.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.57.3"><span class="content">God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.57.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.57.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I am in the midst of lions;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.57.4"><span class="content">I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.57.4"><span class="content">men whose teeth are spears and arrows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.57.4"><span class="content">whose tongues are sharp swords.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.57.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.57.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.57.5"><span class="content">let your glory be over all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.57.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.57.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They spread a net for my feet&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.57.6"><span class="content">I was bowed down in distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.57.6"><span class="content">They dug a pit in my path&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.57.6"><span class="content">but they have fallen into it themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.57.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.57.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My heart, O God, is steadfast,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.57.7"><span class="content">my heart is steadfast;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.57.7"><span class="content">I will sing and make music.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.57.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.57.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Awake, my soul!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.57.8"><span class="content">Awake, harp and lyre!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.57.8"><span class="content">I will awaken the dawn.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.57.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.57.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.57.9"><span class="content">I will sing of you among the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.57.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.57.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.57.10"><span class="content">your faithfulness reaches to the skies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.57.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.57.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.57.11"><span class="content">let your glory be over all the earth.</span></span></div>
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