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 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 to the voice of my cry, 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].
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct [my prayer] 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: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
5 The boastful do not station themselves before Your eyes: You have hated all working iniquity.
The foolish 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 falsehood: the LORD will abhor the bloody 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, I will come [into] thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: [and] in thy fear will I worship towards 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 my enemies; 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 faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulcher; 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.
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.
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, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favor wilt thou compass him as [with] a shield.
