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:

Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my (meditation)

2 Attend to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for, unto thee, do I pray.

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

3 O Yahweh! in the morning, shalt thou hear my voice, In the morning, will I set in order unto thee, and keep watch;

My voice shall you hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer to you, and will look up.

4 For, not a GOD finding pleasure in lawlessness, art thou, and wrong can be no guest of thine:

For you are not a God that has pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with you.

5 Boasters, shall not station themselves, before thine eyes, —Thou hatest all workers of iniquity:

The foolish shall not stand in your sight: you hate all workers of iniquity.

6 Thou wilt destroy them who speak falsehood, —The man of bloodshed and of deceit, Yahweh abhorreth.

You shall destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

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, I will come into your house in the multitude of your mercy: and in your fear will I worship toward your holy temple.

8 O Yahweh! lead me in thy righteousness, because of mine adversaries, Make even, before me, thy way:

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

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 faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter with their tongue.

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: —

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

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 those that put their trust in you rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because you defend them: let them also that love your name be joyful in you.

12 For, thou, wilt bless the righteous man, O Yahweh, As with an all-covering shield—with good pleasure, wilt thou encompass him.

For you, LORD, will bless the righteous; with favor will you compass him as with a shield.