Psalm 57:1-3

The Voice

Psalm 57

For the worship leader. A prayer^[a] of David to the tune “Do Not Destroy,”^[b] when he hid from Saul in a cave.

This individual lament refers back to those perilous times when David fled from Saul and hid in caves (1 Samuel 22; 24). David found real security not in the hidden recesses of the caves but in the shadow of God’s wings.

¹Mercy. May Your mercy come to me, O God,
    for my soul is safe within You, the guardian of my life.
I will seek protection in the shade of Your wings
    until the destruction has passed.
²I cry out to God, the Most High,
    to God who always does what is good for me.
³Out of heaven my rescue comes.
    He dispatches His mercy and truth
And goes after whoever tries to run over me.

[pause]^[c]

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Footnotes

57:title Hebrew, miktam, meaning is uncertain.
57:title Hebrew, al-tashheth, meaning is uncertain.
57:3 Literally, selah, likely a musical direction from a Hebrew root meaning “to lift up”