Psalms 5
1 To the Chief Musician. For the Flutes. A Melody of David. To my words, give ear, O Yahweh, Understand thou my softly murmured prayer:
Unto the end, for her that obtaineth the inheritance. A psalm of David. Give ear, O Lord, to my words, understand my cry.
2 Attend to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for, unto thee, do I pray.
Hearken to the voice of my prayer, O my King and my God.
3 O Yahweh! in the morning, shalt thou hear my voice, In the morning, will I set in order unto thee, and keep watch;
For to thee will I pray: O Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear my voice.
4 For, not a GOD finding pleasure in lawlessness, art thou, and wrong can be no guest of thine:
In the morning I will stand before thee, and will see: because thou art not a God that willest iniquity.
5 Boasters, shall not station themselves, before thine eyes, —Thou hatest all workers of iniquity:
Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: nor shall the unjust abide before thy eyes.
6 Thou wilt destroy them who speak falsehood, —The man of bloodshed and of deceit, Yahweh abhorreth.
Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: Thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie. The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor.
7 But, I, in the abounding of thy lovingkindness, will enter thy house, I will bow down towards thy holy temple, in reverence of thee:
But as for me in the multitude of thy mercy, I will come into thy house; I will worship towards thy holy temple, in thy fear.
8 O Yahweh! lead me in thy righteousness, because of mine adversaries, Make even, before me, thy way:
Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: because of my enemies, direct my way in thy sight.
9 For in his mouth is nothing worthy of trust, Their inward purpose, is engulphing ruin, —An opened sepulchre, is their throat, With their tongue, speak they smooth things.
For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is vain.
10 Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall by their own counsels, —Into the throng of their own transgressions, thrust them down, For they have rebelled against thee: —
Their throat is an open sepulchre: they dealt deceitfully with their tongues: judge them, O God. Let them fall from their devices: according to the multitude of their wickedness cast them out: for they have provoked thee, O Lord.
11 That all may rejoice who seek refuge in thee, to times age-abiding, may shout in triumph, that thou wilt protect them, and they may leap for joy in thee who are lovers of thy Name.
But let all them be glad that hope in thee: they shall rejoice for ever, and thou shalt dwell in them. And all they that love thy name shall glory in thee:
12 For, thou, wilt bless the righteous man, O Yahweh, As with an all-covering shield—with good pleasure, wilt thou encompass him.
For thou wilt bless the just. O Lord, thou hast crowned us, as with a shield of thy good will.
