Psalm 5

A Prayer for Protection

¹Give ear to my words, O Lord ;

consider my meditation.

²Hearken unto the voice of my cry,

my King, and my God:

for unto thee will I pray.

³My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord ;

in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee,

and will look up.

⁴For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness:

neither shall evil dwell with thee.

⁵The foolish shall not stand in thy sight:

thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

⁶Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing:

the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

⁷But 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.

⁸Lead me, O Lord , in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;

make thy way straight before my face.

⁹For there is no faithfulness in their mouth;[#Rom 3.13.]

their inward part is very wickedness;

their throat is an open sepulchre;

they flatter with their tongue.

¹⁰Destroy 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.

¹¹But 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.

¹²For thou, Lord , wilt bless the righteous;

with favor wilt thou compass him as with a shield.