Psalms 5
1 TO THE OVERSEER. [BLOWN] INTO THE PIPES. A PSALM OF DAVID. Hear my sayings, O YHWH, Consider my (meditation)
For the Leader; upon the Nehiloth. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, 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 cry, my King, and my God; for unto Thee do 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].
O LORD, in the morning shalt Thou hear my voice; in the morning will I order my prayer unto Thee, and will look forward.
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.
The boasters shall not stand in Thy sight; Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
6 You destroy those speaking lies, YHWH detests a man of blood and deceit.
Thou destroyest them that speak falsehood; the LORD abhorreth the man of blood and of 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 abundance of Thy lovingkindness will I come into Thy house; I will bow down toward Thy holy temple in the fear of Thee.
8 O YHWH, lead me in Your righteousness, Because of those observing me, Make Your way straight before me,
O LORD, lead me in Thy righteousness because of them that lie in wait for me; make Thy way straight before my face.
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 sincerity in their mouth; their inward part is a yawning gulf, their throat is an open sepulchre; they make smooth 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.
Hold them guilty, O God, let them fall by their own counsels; cast them down 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.
So shall all those that take refuge in Thee rejoice, they shall ever shout for joy, and Thou shalt shelter them; let them also that love Thy name exult in Thee.
12 For You bless the righteous, O YHWH, Surrounding him with favor as a buckler!
For Thou dost bless the righteous; O LORD, Thou dost encompass him with favour as with a shield.
