Psalm 5

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Give Ear to My Words

¹For the choirmaster, to be accompanied by flutes. A Psalm of David.

Give ear to my words, O LORD;

consider my groaning.

¹For the one directing. With the Nehiloth. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O YHWH; have regard for my murmuring.

²Attend to the sound of my cry,

my King and my God,

for to You I pray.

²Be attentive to the voice of my cry, O my King and my God, for to You I pray.

³In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice;

at daybreak I lay my plea before You

and wait in expectation.

³O YHWH, in the morning You hear my voice; in the morning I direct it to You, and I keep watch.

⁴For You are not a God who delights in wickedness;

no evil can dwell with You.

⁴For You are not a God delighting in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with You.

⁵The boastful cannot stand in Your presence;

You hate all workers of iniquity.

⁵The one boasting shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity.

⁶You destroy those who tell lies;

the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

⁶You will destroy those speaking falsehood; a man of blood and deceit YHWH abhors.

⁷But I will enter Your house

by the abundance of Your loving devotion;^a

in reverence I will bow down

toward Your holy temple.

⁷But I, in the abundance of Your loving devotion, will come into Your house; I will bow down toward the temple of Your Holiness in fear of You.

⁸Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness

because of my enemies;

make straight Your way before me.

⁸O YHWH, guide me in Your righteousness, on account of my enemies; make straight Your path before my face.

⁹For not a word they speak can be trusted;

destruction lies within them.

Their throats are open graves;

their tongues practice deceit.^a

⁹For there is no firmness in his mouth; within them is destruction; their throat is a grave being wide open; they make their tongue smooth.

¹⁰Declare them guilty, O God;

let them fall by their own devices.

Drive them out for their many transgressions,

for they have rebelled against You.

¹⁰Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices; in the abundance of their transgressions drive them away, for they have rebelled against You.

¹¹But let all who take refuge in You rejoice;

let them ever shout for joy.

May You shelter them,

that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.

¹¹And let all those taking refuge in You rejoice forever; let them shout for joy, and may You cover them over; and let those loving Your name exult in You.

¹²For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous;

You surround them with the shield of Your favor.

¹²For You will bless the righteous one, O YHWH; as a shield You will surround him with favor.