Psalms 5

1 Unto the end, for her that obtaineth the inheritance. A psalm of David. Give ear, O Lord, to my words, understand my cry.

To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my (meditation)

2 Hearken to the voice of my prayer, O my King and my God.

Hearken to the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for to thee will I pray.

3 For to thee will I pray: O Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear my voice.

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct [my prayer] to thee, and will look up.

4 In the morning I will stand before thee, and will see: because thou art not a God that willest iniquity.

For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

5 Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: nor shall the unjust abide before thy eyes.

The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

6 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.

Thou shalt destroy them that speak falsehood: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

7 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.

But as for me, I will come [into] thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: [and] in thy fear will I worship towards thy holy temple.

8 Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: because of my enemies, direct my way in thy sight.

Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness, because of my enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

9 For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is vain.

For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulcher; they flatter with their tongue.

10 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.

Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

11 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:

But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

12 For thou wilt bless the just. O Lord, thou hast crowned us, as with a shield of thy good will.

For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favor wilt thou compass him as [with] a shield.