Psalm 5–6

PSALM 5

Lead Me in Your Righteousness

For the choir director. For ^†the flutes. A Psalm of David.

^1aGive ear to my words, O Yahweh,

Consider my ^bmeditation.

²Give heed to ^athe sound of my cry for help, ^bmy King and my God,

For to You I pray.

³O Yahweh, in the morning, ¹You will hear my voice;

In the ^amorning I will order my ²prayer to You and eagerly ^bwatch.

⁴For You are not a God ^awho delights in wickedness;

^bEvil does not sojourn with You.

⁵The ^aboastful shall not ^bstand before Your eyes;

You ^chate all workers of iniquity.

⁶You ^adestroy those who speak falsehood;

Yahweh abhors ^bthe man of bloodshed and deceit.

⁷But as for me, ^ain the abundance of Your lovingkindness I will enter Your house,

¹At Your holy temple I will ^bworship in ^cfear of You.

⁸O Yahweh, ^alead me ^bin Your righteousness ^cbecause of ¹my foes;

Make Your way ²straight before me.

⁹There is ^anothing ¹reliable in their mouth;

Their ^binward part is destruction itself.

Their ^cthroat is an open grave;

They ²flatter with their tongue.

¹⁰Hold them guilty, O God;

^aBy their own devices let them fall!

In the abundance of their transgressions ^bthrust them out,

For they are ^crebellious against You.

¹¹But let all who ^atake refuge in You ^bbe glad,

Let them ever sing for joy;

And ¹may You ^cshelter them,

That those who ^dlove Your name may exult in You.

¹²For it is You who ^ablesses the righteous one, O Yahweh,

You ^bsurround him with favor as with a large shield.

PSALM 6

Yahweh, Rescue My Soul

For the choir director. With stringed instruments. According to the ^†Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

¹O Yahweh, ^ado not reprove me in Your anger,

Nor discipline me in Your wrath.

²Be gracious to me, O Yahweh, for I am ^apining away;

^bHeal me, O Yahweh, for ^cmy bones are dismayed.

³And my ^asoul is greatly dismayed;

But You, O Yahweh—^bhow long?

⁴Return, O Yahweh, ^arescue my ¹soul;

Save me because of Your lovingkindness.

⁵For ^athere is no remembrance of You in death;

In Sheol who will give You thanks?

⁶I am ^aweary with my sighing;

Every night I make my bed swim,

I flood my couch with ^bmy tears.

⁷My ^aeye has wasted away with grief;

It has become old because of all my adversaries.

^8aDepart from me, all you workers of iniquity,

For Yahweh ^bhas heard the sound of my weeping.

⁹Yahweh ^ahas heard my supplication,

Yahweh ^breceives my prayer.

¹⁰All my enemies will ^abe ashamed and greatly dismayed;

They shall ¹turn back, they will ^bsuddenly be ashamed.