Psalm 5

¹To the Overseer, ‘Concerning the Inheritances.’—A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.

²Be attentive to the voice of my cry, My king and my God, For unto Thee I pray habitually.

³Jehovah, at morning Thou hearest my voice, At morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out.

⁴For not a God desiring wickedness art Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.

⁵The boastful station not themselves before Thine eyes: Thou hast hated all working iniquity.

⁶Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.

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

⁸O Jehovah, lead me in Thy righteousness, Because of those observing me, Make straight before me Thy way,

⁹For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart is mischiefs, An open grave is their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

¹⁰Declare 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.

¹¹And rejoice do all trusting in Thee, To the age they sing, and Thou coverest them over, And those loving Thy name exult in Thee.

¹²For Thou blessest the righteous, O Jehovah, As a buckler with favour dost compass him!

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