Am I becoming predictable in my choices of Psalms to read? Likely not. These psalms in the late 50s seem particularly applicable to today's events. God regretted making Saul king. How about that eh? David describes (verse 5) what is was like to stumble through that period.
One good reason to read the psalms is to note just how applicable they are. Another is described here by Jim Gordon at Living Wittily.
thlim | Psalms | ||
nz | 57 | ||
a | lmnxk al-twkt ldvid mctm, bborko mpni-waul bmyrh. | 1 | For the leader. Do not destroy. Of David, a miktam, when he ran away from the face of Saul in the cave. |
b | konni alohim konni ci bç ksih npwi, ubxl-cnpiç aksh, yd iybor huot. | 2 | Be gracious to me O God be gracious to me for in you is refuge for my being, and in the shadow of your wings I make my refuge, until calamities are passed by. |
g | aqra lalohim ylion, lal gomr ylii. | 3 | I will call to God Most High, to the One who obliterates over me. |
d | iwlk mwmiim viowiyni kirf woapi slh. iwlk alohim ksdo vamito. | 4 | He will send from heaven and will save me. He reproached the one bearing down on me. Selah. God will send his kindness and his truth. |
h | npwi btoç lbaim awcbh loh'tim, bni-adm winihm knit vkixim, ulwonm krb kdh. | 5 | I am among great cats. I lie down with those who are blazing, the children of humanity, their teeth spears and arrows, and their tongue a keen sword. |
v | rumh yl-hwmiim alohim, yl cl-harx cbodç. | 6 | Be high over the heavens O God, over all the earth your glory. |
z | rwt hcinu lpymii cpf npwi. cru lpnii wikh. nplu btoch slh. | 7 | A net they have prepared for my footfall. Disturbed is my being. They have dug facing me a ditch. They have fallen into the midst of it. Selah. |
k | ncon libi alohim ncon libi. awirh vazmrh. | 8 | My heart is prepared O God, my heart is prepared. I will sing and I will sing a psalm. |
't | yurh cbodi yurh hnbl vcinor ayirh wkr. | 9 | Be roused my glory. Be roused O lute and harp. I will rouse the dawn. |
i | aodç bymim adonii. azmrç blaumim. | 10 | I will give you thanks among the peoples my Lord. I will sing you a psalm among the tribes. |
ia | ci-gdol yd-wmiim ksdç, vyd-wkqim amitç. | 11 | For great to the heavens is your kindness, and to the skies your truth. |
ib | rumh yl-wmiim alohim, yl cl-harx cbodç. | 12 | Be high over the heavens, O God, over all the earth your glory. |
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