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Psalms 5
David addresses Jehovah directly as King and God, establishing morning prayer as the fixed posture of a covenant servant. The psalm turns on a clean binary: Jehovah takes no pleasure in wickedness and will not allow iniquity to stand before Him, while the deceitful and bloody man is marked for destruction by his own counsels. David enters the temple not on the strength of his own merit but on the multitude of Jehovah's mercy, asking for a straight path because his enemies carry no faithfulness in their mouths — their throat an open grave. The psalm closes with Jehovah as shield and favor upon all who take His name as their covenant trust.
1
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
2
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
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
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
5
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
6
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
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
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
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
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 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
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
