Psalms 5

Psalm title: To the chief Musician. Upon Nehiloth. A Psalm of David.

¹Give ear to my words, O Jehovah; consider my meditation.
²Hearken unto the voice of my crying, my king and my God; for to thee will I pray.
³Jehovah, 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.
⁵Insolent fools shall not stand before thine eyes; thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
⁶Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth a man of blood and deceit.
⁷But 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, Jehovah, in thy righteousness, because of my foes; make thy way plain before me.
⁹For there is no certainty in their mouth; their inward part is perversion, their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
¹⁰Bring guilt upon them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels: drive them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against thee.
¹¹And 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, Jehovah, wilt bless the righteous [supplied: man]; with favour wilt thou surround him as [supplied: with] a shield.

Words in italics were supplied by the translators.

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