## Psalms Chapter 57

###### Psalms 57:1
[Psalms 57:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/57:1)

לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ אַל־תַּ֭שְׁחֵת לְדָוִ֣ד מִכְתָּ֑ם בְּבׇרְח֥וֹ מִפְּנֵי־שָׁ֝א֗וּל בַּמְּעָרָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To the chief Musician, Al-tashĥet, a Mikhtam of David, when he fled from Sha᾽ul in the cave.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the conductor — "Do not destroy [me]" — a michtam of David, when he fled from Saul [and hid himself] in the cave.


###### Psalms 57:2
[Psalms 57:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/57:2)

חׇנֵּ֤נִי אֱלֹהִ֨ים**׀** חׇנֵּ֗נִי כִּ֥י בְךָ֮ חָסָ֢יָה נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י וּבְצֵֽל־כְּנָפֶ֥יךָ אֶחְסֶ֑ה עַ֝֗ד יַעֲבֹ֥ר הַוּֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me: for my soul trusts in Thee: and in the shadow of Thy wings will I take refuge, until calamities be overpast.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Be gracious to me, O G d [(that I not be killed)]; be gracious to me [(that I not kill)]. For my soul has sheltered itself with You, and I will seek shelter in the shadow of Your wings until the evil has passed.


###### Psalms 57:3
[Psalms 57:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/57:3)

אֶ֭קְרָא לֵאלֹהִ֣ים עֶלְי֑וֹן לָ֝אֵ֗ל גֹּמֵ֥ר עָלָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will cry to God most high; to God who performs all things for me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I will call to G d on high, to the Almighty, who will consummate [His assurance] to me.


###### Psalms 57:4
[Psalms 57:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/57:4)

יִשְׁלַ֤ח מִשָּׁמַ֨יִם**׀** וְֽיוֹשִׁיעֵ֗נִי חֵרֵ֣ף שֹׁאֲפִ֣י סֶ֑לָה יִשְׁלַ֥ח אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים חַסְדּ֥וֹ וַאֲמִתּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He will send from heaven, and save me; he scorns him who would swallow me up. (Sela.) God shall send forth his steadfast love and his truth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He will send from heaven and deliver me for all time from the shaming of those who would swallow me. G d will send His lovingkindness and His truth [(the truth of His assurance)].


###### Psalms 57:5
[Psalms 57:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/57:5)

נַפְשִׁ֤י**׀** בְּת֥וֹךְ לְבָאִם֮ אֶשְׁכְּבָ֢ה לֹ֫הֲטִ֥ים בְּֽנֵי־אָדָ֗ם שִׁ֭נֵּיהֶם חֲנִ֣ית וְחִצִּ֑ים וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם חֶ֣רֶב חַדָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My soul is among lions: and I lie down among those who are aflame, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My soul [dwells] in the midst of lions [(Avner and Amassa, "lions" in Torah, who, notwithstanding, do not reprove Saul)], and I rest among men [the Ziphim] who are aflame [with slander], whose teeth are as spears and arrows, and whose tongues are as sharp swords.


###### Psalms 57:6
[Psalms 57:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/57:6)

ר֣וּמָה עַל־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם אֱלֹהִ֑ים עַ֖ל כׇּל־הָאָ֣רֶץ כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let Thy glory be above all the earth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(It is not fitting that Your shechinah repose among such men, so)] rise above the heavens, O G d, [and, thereby,] Your glory [will be manifest] upon all the earth.


###### Psalms 57:7
[Psalms 57:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/57:7)

רֶ֤שֶׁת**׀** הֵכִ֣ינוּ לִפְעָמַי֮ כָּפַ֢ף נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י כָּר֣וּ לְפָנַ֣י שִׁיחָ֑ה נָפְל֖וּ בְתוֹכָ֣הּ סֶֽלָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have dug a pit before me, into the midst of which they are fallen themselves. (Sela.)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They have laid out a snare for my steps, he [the foe] has bowed down my soul, they have dug a pit for me — they will fall in it [(never to emerge)] forever.


###### Psalms 57:8
[Psalms 57:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/57:8)

נָ֘כ֤וֹן לִבִּ֣י אֱ֭לֹהִים נָכ֣וֹן לִבִּ֑י אָ֝שִׁ֗ירָה וַאֲזַמֵּֽרָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast: I will sing and give praise.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My heart is right, O G d; my heart is right [(faithful to Him in [His exercise of] the attribute of justice, faithful to Him in [His exercise of] the attribute of mercy)]; I will sing and chant [praise to You].


###### Psalms 57:9
[Psalms 57:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/57:9)

ע֤וּרָה כְבוֹדִ֗י ע֭וּרָֽה הַנֵּ֥בֶל וְכִנּ֗וֹר אָעִ֥ירָה שָּֽׁחַר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Wake up, my glory; awake, the harp and the lyre: I will awake the dawn.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Awake, my soul! Awake [it] harp and lyre [(to sing the L rd's praises)]; I will awaken the dawn.


###### Psalms 57:10
[Psalms 57:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/57:10)

אוֹדְךָ֖ בָעַמִּ֥ים׀אֲדֹנָ֑י אֲ֝זַמֶּרְךָ֗ בַּלְאֻמִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will praise Thee, O Lord, among the peoples: I will sing to Thee among the nations.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I will praise You among the peoples, O L rd; I will sing of You among the nations.


###### Psalms 57:11
[Psalms 57:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/57:11)

כִּֽי־גָדֹ֣ל עַד־שָׁמַ֣יִם חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ וְֽעַד־שְׁחָקִ֥ים אֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Thy love is great unto the heavens, and Thy truth to the clouds.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For Your lovingkindness [to me] has attained to the heavens, and Your truth [has ascended] to the heavenly heights.


###### Psalms 57:12
[Psalms 57:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/57:12)

ר֣וּמָה עַל־שָׁמַ֣יִם אֱלֹהִ֑ים עַ֖ל כׇּל־הָאָ֣רֶץ כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let Thy glory be above all the earth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Rise above the heavens, O G d, [and, thereby,] Your glory [will be manifest] upon all the earth.