Tehillim 5

2Give ear to my words, Hashem ,

consider my meditation.

3Pay heed unto the voice of my cry, Malki v'Elohai;

for unto Thee will I daven.

4My voice shalt Thou hear in the boker, Hashem ;

in the boker will I bring my prayer before Thee as a spiritual sacrifice and wait for an answer.

5For Thou art not El that hath pleasure in resha;

neither shall rah dwell with Thee.

6The holelim (arrogant) shall not stand in Thy sight;

Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

7Thou shalt destroy them that speak kazav (falsehood) ;

Hashem will abhor the ish damim u'mirmah (bloody and deceitful man) .

8But as for me, I will come

into Thy Bais in the multitude of Thy chesed;

and in Thy fear will I bow down

toward Thy Heikhal Kodesh.

9Lead me, Hashem , in Thy tzedakah

because of mine enemies;

make Thy Derech straight before my face.

10For there is nothing trustworthy in their mouth;

their inwardness is a corruptible abyss;

their throat is an open kever;

they speak smooth deceit with their leshon.

11Punish them, Elohim;

let them fall by their own intrigues;

in the multitude of their peysha'im cast them out;

for they have rebelled against Thee.

12But let all those that take refuge in Thee rejoice;

let them shout for joy l'olam,

and spread Thou protection over them that they be joyful in Thee,

who love Shemecha (Thy Name) .

13For Thou, Hashem , wilt bless the Tzaddik;

with ratzon (favor) wilt Thou encompass him as with a tzinnah (large rectangular shield) .

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