Psalms 5
1 TO THE OVERSEER. [BLOWN] INTO THE PIPES. A PSALM OF DAVID. Hear my sayings, O YHWH, Consider my (meditation)
To the chief Musician. Upon Nehiloth. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O Jehovah; consider my (meditation)
2 Be attentive to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, For I pray to You habitually.
Hearken unto the voice of my crying, my king and my God; for to thee will I pray.
3 YHWH, [in] the morning You hear my voice, [In] the morning I set in array for You, And I look out [expectantly].
Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; in the morning will I address myself to thee, and will look up.
4 For You [are] not a God desiring wickedness, Evil does not inhabit You.
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with thee.
5 The boastful do not station themselves before Your eyes: You have hated all working iniquity.
Insolent fools shall not stand before thine eyes; thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
6 You destroy those speaking lies, YHWH detests a man of blood and deceit.
Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth a man of blood and deceit.
7 And I, in the abundance of Your kindness, I enter Your house, I bow myself toward Your holy temple in Your fear.
But as for me, in the greatness of thy loving-kindness will I enter thy house; I will bow down toward the temple of thy holiness in thy fear.
8 O YHWH, lead me in Your righteousness, Because of those observing me, Make Your way straight before me,
Lead me, Jehovah, in thy righteousness, because of my foes; make thy way plain before me.
9 For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart [is] mischiefs, Their throat [is] an open grave, They make their tongue smooth.
For there is no certainty in their mouth; their inward part is perversion, their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
10 Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall from their own counsels, In the abundance of their transgressions Drive them away, Because they have been rebellious against You.
Bring guilt upon them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels: drive them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against thee.
11 And all trusting in You rejoice, They sing for all time, and You cover them over, And those loving Your Name exult in You.
And all that trust in thee shall rejoice: for ever shall they shout joyously, and thou wilt protect them; and they that love thy name shall exult in thee.
12 For You bless the righteous, O YHWH, Surrounding him with favor as a buckler!
For thou, Jehovah, wilt bless the righteous [man]; with favour wilt thou surround him as [with] a shield.
