I call to God Most High,
to God who fulfills His purpose for me.[a](A)
He reaches down from heaven and saves me,
challenging the one who tramples me.(B)Selah
God sends His faithful love and truth.(C)
I am surrounded by lions;
I lie down with those who devour men.
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongues are sharp swords.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 57:2 Or who avenges me

I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.

He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

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