Psalms, 5

1. [For the choirmaster For flutes Psalm Of David] Give ear to my words, Yahweh, spare a thought for my sighing.

1. <To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.> Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

2. Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God! To you I pray,

2. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

3. Yahweh. At daybreak you hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my case before you and fix my eyes on you.

3. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct [my prayer] unto thee, and will look up.

4. You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil, no sinner can be your guest.

4. For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

5. Boasters cannot stand their ground under your gaze. You hate evil-doers,

5. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

6. liars you destroy; the violent and deceitful Yahweh detests.

6. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

7. But, so great is your faithful love, I may come into your house, and before your holy temple bow down in reverence of you.

7. But as for me, I will come [into] thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: [and] in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

8. In your saving justice, Yahweh, lead me, because of those who lie in wait for me; make your way plain before me.

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

9. Not a word from their lips can be trusted, through and through they are destruction, their throats are wide -- open graves, their tongues seductive.

9. For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

10. Lay the guilt on them, God, make their intrigues their own downfall; for their countless offences, thrust them from you, since they have rebelled against you.

10. Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

11. But joy for all who take refuge in you, endless songs of gladness! You shelter them, they rejoice in you, those who love your name.

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

12. It is you who bless the upright, Yahweh, you surround them with favour as with a shield.

12. For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as [with] a shield.