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May he send his help from heaven to deliver me
    and put to shame those who trample upon me; Selah
    may God send his kindness[a] and his faithfulness.
I lie prostrate in the midst of lions
    who are hungrily seeking human prey.
Their teeth are spears and arrows,
    and their tongues are razor-sharp swords.
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
    let your glory shine over all the earth.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 57:4 Kindness: see note on Ps 6:5.
  2. Psalm 57:6 The psalmist asks that the kingdom of God may be manifested (see Ps 72:19; Num 14:21; 1 Chr 29:11; Isa 6:3; 33:10; Hab 2:14) by the deliverance of the faithful and the ruin of the wicked (see Pss 79:9; 102:16f; 138:5).

I am in the midst of lions;(A)
    I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts—
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
    whose tongues are sharp swords.(B)

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
    let your glory be over all the earth.(C)

They spread a net for my feet(D)
    I was bowed down(E) in distress.
They dug a pit(F) in my path—
    but they have fallen into it themselves.(G)

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