Psalms 57

Giga Bible (GIGAKJV) · 11 verses · 10 differ from the KJV
  1. 1Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me. For my soul trusts in you: yes, in the shadow of your wings will I make my refuge, until these disasters have passed.
  2. 2I will cry to God most high, to God that performs all things for me.
  3. 3He shall send from heaven, and save me from the insults of him who would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send out his mercy and his truth.
  4. 4My soul is among lions: and I lie even among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
  5. 5Be lifted high, O God, above the heavens. Let your glory be above all the earth.
  6. 6They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down: they have dug a pit before me, into the middle of which they themselves have fallen. Selah.
  7. 7My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
  8. 8Awake, my glory, awake, harp and lyre: I myself will awake early.
  9. 9I will praise you, O Lord, among the people: I will sing to you among the nations.
  10. 10For your mercy is great to the heavens, and your truth to the clouds.
  11. 11Be lifted high, O God, above the heavens: let your glory be above all the earth.

What changed from the KJV

GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Psalms 57 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.

Psalms 57:1

KJVBe merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

GIGAKJVBe merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me. For my soul trusts in you: yes, in the shadow of your wings will I make my refuge, until these disasters have passed.

Psalms 57:2

KJVI will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.

GIGAKJVI will cry to God most high, to God that performs all things for me.

Psalms 57:3

KJVHe shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

GIGAKJVHe shall send from heaven, and save me from the insults of him who would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send out his mercy and his truth.

Psalms 57:4

KJVMy soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

GIGAKJVMy soul is among lions: and I lie even among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalms 57:5

KJVBe thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.

GIGAKJVBe lifted high, O God, above the heavens. Let your glory be above all the earth.

Psalms 57:6

KJVThey have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

GIGAKJVThey have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down: they have dug a pit before me, into the middle of which they themselves have fallen. Selah.

Psalms 57:8

KJVAwake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

GIGAKJVAwake, my glory, awake, harp and lyre: I myself will awake early.

Psalms 57:9

KJVI will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.

GIGAKJVI will praise you, O Lord, among the people: I will sing to you among the nations.

Psalms 57:10

KJVFor thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

GIGAKJVFor your mercy is great to the heavens, and your truth to the clouds.

Psalms 57:11

KJVBe thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.

GIGAKJVBe lifted high, O God, above the heavens: let your glory be above all the earth.

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