Psalms 5
1 TO THE OVERSEER. [BLOWN] INTO THE PIPES. A PSALM OF DAVID. Hear my sayings, O YHWH, Consider my (meditation)
For the Chief Musician; with 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 keep watch.
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 arrogant 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 shalt destroy them that speak lies: the LORD abhorreth the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
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 multitude of thy lovingkindness will I come into thy house: in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
8 O YHWH, lead me in Your righteousness, Because of those observing me, Make Your way straight before me,
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way plain 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 faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness: 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.
Hold them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own counsels: thrust 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.
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.
12 For You bless the righteous, O YHWH, Surrounding him with favor as a buckler!
For thou wilt bless the righteous; O LORD, thou wilt compass him with favour as with a shield.
