5:1 [For the music director; for ①flute accompaniment. A Psalm of David.]
Listen to my words, LORD,
Consider my sighing.
▷ ①Heb Nehiloth
5:2 Listen to the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God,
For to You I pray.
5:3 In the morning, LORD, ①You will hear my voice;
In the morning I will present my ②prayer to You and be on the watch.
▷ ①Or May You hear ②Or sacrifice
5:4 For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;
No evil can dwell with You.
5:5 The boastful will not stand before Your eyes;
You hate all who do injustice.
5:6 You destroy those who speak lies;
The LORD loathes the person of bloodshed and deceit.
5:7 But as for me, by Your abundant graciousness I will enter Your house,
①At Your holy temple I will bow in reverence for You.
▷ ①Or Toward
5:8 LORD, lead me in Your righteousness because of my enemies;
Make Your way ①straight before me.
▷ ①Or smooth
5:9 For there is nothing ①trustworthy in ②their mouth;
Their inward part is destruction itself.
Their throat is an open grave;
They ③flatter with their tongue.
▷ ①Or true ②So ancient versions; MT his ③Or make their tongue smooth
5:10 Make them pay, God;
Have them fall by their own schemes!
Scatter them in the multitude of their wrongdoings,
For they are rebellious against You.
5:11 But rejoice, all who take refuge in You,
Sing for joy forever!
And ①may You shelter them,
That those who love Your name may rejoice in You.
▷ ①Or You shelter
5:12 For You bless the righteous person, LORD,
You surround him with favor as with a shield.