Psalms 5

1 TO THE OVERSEER. [BLOWN] INTO THE PIPES. A PSALM OF DAVID. Hear my sayings, O YHWH, Consider my (meditation)

To the Overseer, 'Concerning the Inheritances.' — A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, 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.

Be attentive to the voice of my cry, My king and my God, For unto Thee I pray habitually.

3 YHWH, [in] the morning You hear my voice, [In] the morning I set in array for You, And I look out [expectantly].

Jehovah, [at] morning Thou hearest my voice, [At] morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out.

4 For You [are] not a God desiring wickedness, Evil does not inhabit You.

For not a God desiring wickedness [art] Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.

5 The boastful do not station themselves before Your eyes: You have hated all working iniquity.

The boastful station not themselves before Thine eyes: Thou hast hated all working iniquity.

6 You destroy those speaking lies, YHWH detests a man of blood and deceit.

Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.

7 And I, in the abundance of Your kindness, I enter Your house, I bow myself toward Your holy temple in Your fear.

And I, in the abundance of Thy kindness, I enter Thy house, I bow myself toward Thy holy temple in Thy fear.

8 O YHWH, lead me in Your righteousness, Because of those observing me, Make Your way straight before me,

O Jehovah, lead me in Thy righteousness, Because of those observing me, Make straight before me Thy way,

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 stability in their mouth. Their heart [is] mischiefs, An open grave [is] their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

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.

Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall from their own counsels, In the abundance of their transgressions Drive them away, Because 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 rejoice do all trusting in Thee, To the age they sing, and Thou coverest them over, And those loving Thy name exult in Thee.

12 For You bless the righteous, O YHWH, Surrounding him with favor as a buckler!

For Thou blessest the righteous, O Jehovah, As a buckler with favour dost compass him!