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