Psalms 5

1 [For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David.] Listen to my words, LORD. Consider my (meditation)

To him that excelleth upon Nehiloth. A Psalme of Dauid. Heare my wordes, O Lord: vnderstande my (meditation)

2 Give attention to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for to you do I pray.

Hearken vnto the voyce of my crie, my King and my God: for vnto thee doe I pray.

3 LORD, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and watch.

Heare my voyce in the morning, O Lord: for in the morning will I direct me vnto thee, and I will waite.

4 For you are not a God who desires wickedness. Evil can't live with you.

For thou art not a God that loueth wickednes: neither shall euill dwell with thee.

5 The arrogant shall not stand in your sight. You hate all evildoers.

The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: for thou hatest all them that worke iniquitie.

6 You will destroy those who speak lies. The LORD despises a person of bloodshed and deceit.

Thou shalt destroy them that speake lyes: the Lord will abhorre the bloodie man and deceitfull.

7 But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will enter into your house. I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.

But I wil come into thine house in the multitude of thy mercie: and in thy feare will I worship toward thine holy Temple.

8 Lead me, LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before me.

Leade me, O Lord, in thy righteousnes, because of mine enemies: make thy way plaine before my face.

9 For there is nothing reliable in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb; with their tongues they flatter.

For no constancie is in their mouth: within, they are very corruption: their throte is an open sepulchre, and they flatter with their tongue.

10 Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels. Cast them out because of the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

Destroy them, O God: let them fall from their counsels: cast them out for the multitude of their iniquities, because they haue rebelled against thee.

11 But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice. Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. And let those who love your name be joyful in you.

And let all them that trust in thee, reioyce and triumph for euer, and couer thou them: and let them, that loue thy Name, reioyce in thee.

12 For you bless the righteous, LORD. You surround him with favor like a shield.

For thou Lord wilt blesse the righteous, and with fauour wilt compasse him, as with a shielde.