Psalm 57

Be merciful, O God, to me!
To me who in Thy love confide;
To Thy protecting love I flee,
Beneath Thy wings my soul I hide.
Till Satan's tyranny is o'er.
And cruel sin subsists no more.

To God will I in trouble cry,
Who freely undertakes my cause,
My God most merciful, most high.
Shall save me from the lion's jaws;
Destroy him, ready to devour,
With all his works and all his power.

The Lord out of His holy place
His mercy and His truth shall send:
Jesus is full of truth and grace,
Jesus shall still my soul defend;
While in the toils of hell I lie.
And from the den of lions cry.

Among the sons of men I dwell,
Fierce as the wildest beasts of prey;
Inflamed with rage, like fiends in hell,
My soul they seek to tear and slay:
As spears their teeth, as darts their words.
Their double tongues are two-edged swords.,

Be Thou exalted, Lord, above
The highest names in earth and heaven;
Let angels sing Thy glorious love.
And bless the Name to sinners given;
All earth and heaven their King proclaim;
Bow every knee to Jesu's name!

To Thee let all my foes submit,
Who hunt and bow my spirit down;
Themselves shall fall into their pit;
Who seek my death ensure their own;
Satan and sin their doom shall have,
And sink into the' infernal grave.

My heart is fix'd, O God, my heart "
Is fix'd, to triumph in Thy grace:
(Awake my lute, and bear thy part,)
My glory is to sing Thy praise,,
Till of Thy nature I partake, ' j
And bright in all Thine image wake.

Thee will I praise among Thine own;
Thee will I to the world extol,
And make Thy truth and goodness known;
Thy goodness. Lord, is over all;
Thy truth and grace the heavens transcend,
Thy faithful mercies never end.

Be Thou exalted, Lord, above
The highest names in earth or heaven;
Let angels sing Thy glorious love,
And bless the Name to sinners given:
All earth and heaven their King proclaim;
Bow every knee to Jesu's name!