Psalms 5

1 For the choirmaster, to be accompanied by flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.

To him that excelleth upon Nehiloth. A Psalme of Dauid. Heare my wordes, O Lord: vnderstande my (meditation)

2 Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.

Hearken vnto the voyce of my crie, my King and my God: for vnto thee doe I pray.

3 In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.

Heare my voyce in the morning, O Lord: for in the morning will I direct me vnto thee, and I will waite.

4 For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.

For thou art not a God that loueth wickednes: neither shall euill dwell with thee.

5 The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.

The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: for thou hatest all them that worke iniquitie.

6 You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

Thou shalt destroy them that speake lyes: the Lord will abhorre the bloodie man and deceitfull.

7 But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.

But I wil come into thine house in the multitude of thy mercie: and in thy feare will I worship toward thine holy Temple.

8 Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.

Leade me, O Lord, in thy righteousnes, because of mine enemies: make thy way plaine before my face.

9 For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

For no constancie is in their mouth: within, they are very corruption: their throte is an open sepulchre, and they flatter with their tongue.

10 Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.

Destroy them, O God: let them fall from their counsels: cast them out for the multitude of their iniquities, because they haue rebelled against thee.

11 But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.

And let all them that trust in thee, reioyce and triumph for euer, and couer thou them: and let them, that loue thy Name, reioyce in thee.

12 For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.

For thou Lord wilt blesse the righteous, and with fauour wilt compasse him, as with a shielde.