Psalms 5

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

13(not in this translation)