1 Unto the end, destroy not, to David in the inscription of the title, when he fled from the face of Saul into the cave.
1 Unto the end. Destroy not. For David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave. 1 Kings 24.
2 Have mercy on me, o God, have mercy on me: because my soul hath trusted in thee. And I will hope in the shadow of thy wings, until iniquity pass.
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.
3 I will cry to God the highest: God that hath done me good.
3 I will cry to God the most high; to God who hath done good to me.
4 He sent from heaven, and delivered me: he hath given into reproach them that trod upon me. God hath sent his mercy and his truth,
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,
5 and hath delivered my soul out of the midst of lions' whelps: I slept troubled. The sons of men, their teeth are weapons and arrows: and their tongue a sharp sword.
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.
6 Be exalted above the heavens, o God: and thy glory upon all the earth.
6 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth.
7 They prepared a snare for my feet: and bowed down my soul. They digged a pit before my face: and they are fallen into it.
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.
8 My heart is ready, o God, my heart is ready: I will sing, and say a Psalm.
8 My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will sing, and rehearse a psalm.
9 Arise my glory, arise psalter and harp: I will arise early.
9 Arise, O my glory, arise psaltery and harp: I will arise early.
10 I will confess to thee among peoples, o Lord: and I will say a Psalm to thee among the Gentiles.
10 I will give praise to thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing a psalm to thee among the nations.
11 Because thy mercy is magnified even to the heavens, and thy truth even to the clouds.
11 For thy mercy is magnified even to the heavens: and thy truth unto the clouds.
12 Be exalted above the heavens o God: and thy glory upon all the earth.
12 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth.