Psalms 5

1 “To the chief musician upon Nechiloth, a psalm of David.” To my words give ear, O Lord, have regard to my mediation.

Yahweh, listen to me while I pray! Pay attention to me when I am groaning [because I am suffering very much].

2 Listen unto the voice of my loud cry, my King, and my God, when unto thee I pray.

You are my King and my God. When I call to you to ask you to help me, listen to me, because you are the one to whom I pray.

3 O Lord! in the morning do thou hear my voice: in the morning will I set in order [my prayer] before thee, and 1ook up with hope.

Listen to me when I pray to you [each] morning, and I wait for you to reply.

4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: evil cannot abide with thee.

You are not a god who is pleased with wicked people; you do not (associate with/invite into your house) [those who do what is] evil.

5 The arrogant cannot stand up before thy eyes: thou hatest all workers of wickedness.

You do not allow those who are very proud to come to you to worship you. You hate all those who do evil things.

6 Thou wilt destroy those that speak lies: the man of blood and deceit the Lord abhorreth.

You get rid of liars, and you despise those who murder [others] and those who deceive [others].

7 But as for me—in the abundance of thy kindness will I enter thy house: I will bow myself down before thy holy temple in the fear of thee.

Yahweh, because you love me so much and so faithfully, I come into your temple. I revere you greatly, and I bow down to worship you at your sacred temple.

8 O Lord, lead me in thy righteousness because of those that regard me enviously; make straight before me thy way.

Yahweh, because you act righteously toward me, show me what is right for me to do. Because I have many enemies, show me clearly what you want me to do.

9 For there is not in their mouth any sincerity; their inward part is full of deception; an open sepulchre is their throat: they flatter with their tongue.

My enemies never say what is true; they just want to destroy [others]. The things that they say [MTY] are [as foul as] an open grave [where a corpse is decaying]. They use their tongues to tell lies.

10 Condemn them, O God: let them fall through their own counsels; for the multitude of their transgressions cast them down; for they have rebelled against thee.

O God, declare that they are guilty [MTY] [and punish them]. Cause them to experience the same disasters/troubles that they plan to cause to happen to others. Get rid of them because they have committed many sins, and they have rebelled against you.

11 Then will rejoice all those that put their trust in thee; for ever will they shout for joy, when thou protectest them: and then will exult in thee those that love thy name.

But cause that all those who go to you to be protected will rejoice; cause them to sing joyfully to you forever. Protect those who love you [MTY]; they are truly happy because (of what you [do for them/they belong to] you).

12 For thou wilt bless the righteous, O Lord; as with a shield wilt thou encompass him with favor.

Yahweh, you always bless those who act righteously; you protect them like a [soldier is protected by his] shield [SIM].