Psalms 5

1 Give ear to my words, O Jehovah; consider my meditation.

1Unto the end, for her that obtaineth the inheritance. A psalm for David.

2 Hearken unto the voice of my crying, my king and myGod; for to thee will I pray.

2Give ear, O Lord, to my words, understand my cry.

3 Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; in the morning will I address myself to thee, and will look up.

3Hearken to the voice of my prayer, O my King and my God.

4 For thou art not aGod that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with thee.

4For to thee will I pray: O Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear my voice.

5 Insolent fools shall not stand before thine eyes; thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

5In the morning I will stand before thee, and I will see: because thou art not a God that willest iniquity.

6 Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth a man of blood and deceit.

6Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: nor shall the unjust abide before thy eyes.

7 But as for me, in the greatness of thy loving-kindness will I enter thy house; I will bow down toward the temple of thy holiness in thy fear.

7Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie. The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor.

8 Lead me, Jehovah, in thy righteousness, because of my foes; make thy way plain before me.

8But 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.

9 For there is no certainty in their mouth; their inward part is perversion, their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

9Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: because of my enemies, direct my way in thy sight.

10 Bring guilt upon them, OGod; let them fall by their own counsels: drive them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against thee.

10For there is no truth in their mouth: their heart is vain.

11 And all that trust in thee shall rejoice: for ever shall they shout joyously, and thou wilt protect them; and they that love thy name shall exult in thee.

11Their 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 wickednesses cast them out: for they have provoked thee, O Lord.

12 For thou, Jehovah, wilt bless the righteous [man]; with favour wilt thou surround him as [with] a shield.

12But 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.

13(not in this translation)

13For thou wilt bless the just. O Lord, thou hast crowned us, as with a shield of thy good will.