Psalms 5
1 GIVE ear to my words, O Lord, consider my (meditation)
To the Chief Musician. For the Flutes. A Melody of David. To my words, give ear, O Yahweh, Understand thou my softly murmured prayer:
2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
Attend to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for, unto thee, do I pray.
3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
O Yahweh! in the morning, shalt thou hear my voice, In the morning, will I set in order unto thee, and keep watch;
4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
For, not a GOD finding pleasure in lawlessness, art thou, and wrong can be no guest of thine:
5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Boasters, shall not station themselves, before thine eyes, —Thou hatest all workers of iniquity:
6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Thou wilt destroy them who speak falsehood, —The man of bloodshed and of deceit, Yahweh abhorreth.
7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
But, I, in the abounding of thy lovingkindness, will enter thy house, I will bow down towards thy holy temple, in reverence of thee:
8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
O Yahweh! lead me in thy righteousness, because of mine adversaries, Make even, before me, thy way:
9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
For in his mouth is nothing worthy of trust, Their inward purpose, is engulphing ruin, —An opened sepulchre, is their throat, With their tongue, speak they smooth things.
10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall by their own counsels, —Into the throng of their own transgressions, thrust them down, For they have rebelled against thee: —
11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
That all may rejoice who seek refuge in thee, to times age-abiding, may shout in triumph, that thou wilt protect them, and they may leap for joy in thee who are lovers of thy Name.
12 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
For, thou, wilt bless the righteous man, O Yahweh, As with an all-covering shield—with good pleasure, wilt thou encompass him.
