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:

TO THE OVERSEER. [BLOWN] INTO THE PIPES. A PSALM OF DAVID. Hear my sayings, O YHWH, Consider my (meditation)

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

Be attentive to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, For I pray to You habitually.

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

YHWH, [in] the morning You hear my voice, [In] the morning I set in array for You, And I look out [expectantly].

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 desiring wickedness, Evil does not inhabit You.

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

The boastful do not station themselves before Your eyes: You have hated all working iniquity.

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

You destroy those speaking lies, YHWH detests a man of blood and deceit.

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:

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

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

O YHWH, lead me in Your righteousness, Because of those observing me, Make Your way straight before me,

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 stability in their mouth. Their heart [is] mischiefs, Their throat [is] an open grave, They make their tongue smooth.

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: —

Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall from their own counsels, In the abundance of their transgressions Drive them away, Because they have been rebellious 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.

And all trusting in You rejoice, They sing for all time, and You cover them over, And those loving Your Name exult 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 bless the righteous, O YHWH, Surrounding him with favor as a buckler!