Psalm 5

¹ PONDER my words, O Lord * consider my meditation

² O hearken thou unto the voice of my calling, my King, and my God * for unto thee will I make my prayer.

³ My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O Lord * early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

⁴ For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wickedness * neither shall any evil dwell with thee.

⁵ Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy sight * for thou hatest all them that work vanity.

⁶ Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing * the Lord will abhor both the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

⁷ But as for me, I will come into thine house, even upon the multitude of thy mercy * and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

⁸ Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies * make thy way plain before my face.

⁹ For there is no faithfulness in his mouth * their inward parts are very wickedness.

¹⁰ Their throat is an open sepulchre * they flatter with their tongue.

¹¹ Destroy thou them, O God; let them perish through their own imaginations * cast them out in the multitude of their ungodliness; for they have rebelled against thee.

¹² And let all them that put their trust in thee rejoice * they shall ever be giving of thanks, because thou defendest them; they that love thy Name shall be joyful in thee;

¹³ For thou, Lord, wilt give thy blessing unto the righteous * and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him as with a shield.