Psalmen 5

1. ¹To the Overseer, `Concerning the Inheritances.' -- A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.
2. ²Be attentive to the voice of my cry, My king and my God, For unto Thee I pray habitually.
3. ³Jehovah, `at' morning Thou hearest my voice, `At' morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out.
4. ⁴For not a God desiring wickedness `art' Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.
5. ⁵The boastful station not themselves before Thine eyes: Thou hast hated all working iniquity.
6. ⁶Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.
7. ⁷And I, in the abundance of Thy kindness, I enter Thy house, I bow myself toward Thy holy temple in Thy fear.
8. ⁸O Jehovah, lead me in Thy righteousness, Because of those observing me, Make straight before me Thy way,
9. ⁹For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart `is' mischiefs, An open grave `is' their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. ¹²For Thou blessest the righteous, O Jehovah, As a buckler with favour dost compass him!

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