Psalms 5

1 Yahweh, listen to me while I pray! Pay attention to me when I am groaning [because I am suffering very much].

To him that excelleth upon Nehiloth. A Psalme of Dauid. Heare my wordes, O Lord: vnderstande my (meditation)

2 You are my King and my God. When I call to you to ask you to help me, listen to me, because you are the one to whom I pray.

Hearken vnto the voyce of my crie, my King and my God: for vnto thee doe I pray.

3 Listen to me when I pray to you [each] morning, and I wait for you to reply.

Heare my voyce in the morning, O Lord: for in the morning will I direct me vnto thee, and I will waite.

4 You are not a god who is pleased with wicked people; you do not (associate with/invite into your house) [those who do what is] evil.

For thou art not a God that loueth wickednes: neither shall euill dwell with thee.

5 You do not allow those who are very proud to come to you to worship you. You hate all those who do evil things.

The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: for thou hatest all them that worke iniquitie.

6 You get rid of liars, and you despise those who murder [others] and those who deceive [others].

Thou shalt destroy them that speake lyes: the Lord will abhorre the bloodie man and deceitfull.

7 Yahweh, because you love me so much and so faithfully, I come into your temple. I revere you greatly, and I bow down to worship you at your sacred temple.

But I wil come into thine house in the multitude of thy mercie: and in thy feare will I worship toward thine holy Temple.

8 Yahweh, because you act righteously toward me, show me what is right for me to do. Because I have many enemies, show me clearly what you want me to do.

Leade me, O Lord, in thy righteousnes, because of mine enemies: make thy way plaine before my face.

9 My enemies never say what is true; they just want to destroy [others]. The things that they say [MTY] are [as foul as] an open grave [where a corpse is decaying]. They use their tongues to tell lies.

For no constancie is in their mouth: within, they are very corruption: their throte is an open sepulchre, and they flatter with their tongue.

10 O God, declare that they are guilty [MTY] [and punish them]. Cause them to experience the same disasters/troubles that they plan to cause to happen to others. Get rid of them because they have committed many sins, and they have rebelled against you.

Destroy them, O God: let them fall from their counsels: cast them out for the multitude of their iniquities, because they haue rebelled against thee.

11 But cause that all those who go to you to be protected will rejoice; cause them to sing joyfully to you forever. Protect those who love you [MTY]; they are truly happy because (of what you [do for them/they belong to] you).

And let all them that trust in thee, reioyce and triumph for euer, and couer thou them: and let them, that loue thy Name, reioyce in thee.

12 Yahweh, you always bless those who act righteously; you protect them like a [soldier is protected by his] shield [SIM].

For thou Lord wilt blesse the righteous, and with fauour wilt compasse him, as with a shielde.