Psalms 5

1Give ear to my words, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.

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

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

2Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; For unto thee do I pray.

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.

3O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch.

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 thou art not a God 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.

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

5The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight: 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.

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

6Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

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.

7But as for me, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness will I come into thy house: In thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

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.

8Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.

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.

9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; 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.

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.

10Hold them guilty, O God; Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust 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.

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.

11But let all those that take refuge in thee rejoice, Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: Let them also that love thy name be joyful 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.

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.

12For thou wilt bless the righteous; O Jehovah, thou wilt compass him with favor 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.

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

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

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