Psalm 5

1Hear my words, Yahweh; consider my meditation.

2Heed the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for to you I pray.

3Yahweh, in the morning you will listen attentively to my outcry; in the morning I will set it in order before you, and I will watch expectantly.

4For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil cannot abide with you.

5The boastful will not stand before your eyes; you hate all who do evil.

6You will destroy those who speak falsehood, the man of blood and deceit; Yahweh abhors him.

7But I will enter your house in the abundance of your kindness; I will bow down toward your holy temple in fear of you.

8Yahweh, lead me in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before my face.

9For there is no uprightness in their mouth; ruin fills their hearts; their throat is an open grave; they speak smoothly with their tongues.

10Declare them guilty, God; let them fall by their plans. Banish them amid the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

11Let all who trust in you rejoice forever and shout joyfully, because you shield them, and let those who love your name exult in you.

12For you bless the righteous, Yahweh; with favor you surround him like a shield.