Psalms 5

1To the Overseer, `Concerning the Inheritances.' --A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.

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

2Be attentive to the voice of my cry, My king and my God, For unto Thee I pray habitually.

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

3Jehovah, <FI>at<Fi> morning Thou hearest my voice, <FI>At<Fi> morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out.

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

4For not a God desiring wickedness <FI>art<Fi> Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.

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

5The boastful station not themselves before Thine eyes: Thou hast hated all working iniquity.

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

6Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.

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

7And I, in the abundance of Thy kindness, I enter Thy house, I bow myself toward Thy holy temple 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.

8O Jehovah, lead me in Thy righteousness, Because of those observing me, Make straight before me Thy way,

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.

9For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart <FI>is<Fi> mischiefs, An open grave <FI>is<Fi> their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

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

10Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall from their own counsels, In the abundance of their transgressions Drive them away, Because they have rebelled against Thee.

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

11And rejoice do all trusting in Thee, To the age they sing, and Thou coverest them over, And those loving Thy name 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.

12For Thou blessest the righteous, O Jehovah, As a buckler with favour dost compass him!

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.