16 But Ruth replied:

Do not persuade me to leave you
or go back and not follow you.
For wherever you go, I will go,
and wherever you live, I will live;
your people will be my people,
and your God will be my God.

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16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you(A) or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go,(B) and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people(C) and your God my God.(D)

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Protect me as the pupil of Your eye;(A)
hide me in the shadow of Your wings(B)

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Keep me(A) as the apple of your eye;(B)
    hide me(C) in the shadow of your wings(D)

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God, Your faithful love is so valuable
that people take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.(A)

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How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!(A)
    People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.(B)

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Psalm 57

Praise for God’s Protection

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.”[a] A Davidic Miktam. When he fled before Saul into the cave.(A)

Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me,
for I take refuge in You.
I will seek refuge in the shadow of Your wings
until danger passes.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 57:1 Possibly a tune

Psalm 57[a](A)

For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.[b] When he had fled from Saul into the cave.(B)

Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me,
    for in you I take refuge.(C)
I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings(D)
    until the disaster has passed.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 57:1 In Hebrew texts 57:1-11 is numbered 57:2-12.
  2. Psalm 57:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

because You are my helper;(A)
I will rejoice in the shadow of Your wings.(B)

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Because you are my help,(A)
    I sing in the shadow of your wings.(B)

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