Lead Me in Your Righteousness
To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David.
5 Give ear to my words, O Lord;
consider my (A)groaning.
2 Give attention to the sound of my cry,
my (B)King and my God,
for (C)to you do I pray.
3 O Lord, in (D)the morning you hear my voice;
in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you[a] and (E)watch.
4 For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil may not dwell with you.
5 The (F)boastful shall not (G)stand before your eyes;
you (H)hate all evildoers.
6 You destroy those who speak (I)lies;
the Lord abhors (J)the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
7 But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,
will enter your house.
I will (K)bow down (L)towards your (M)holy temple
in the fear of you.
8 (N)Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness
because of my enemies;
(O)make your way straight before me.
9 For there is no truth in their mouth;
their inmost self is (P)destruction;
(Q)their throat is (R)an open grave;
they (S)flatter with their tongue.
10 (T)Make them bear their guilt, O God;
let them (U)fall by their own counsels;
because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out,
for they have rebelled against you.
11 But let all who (V)take refuge in you (W)rejoice;
let them ever sing for joy,
and spread your protection over them,
that those who love your name may (X)exult in you.
12 For you (Y)bless the righteous, O Lord;
you (Z)cover him with favour as with (AA)a shield.
Footnotes
- Psalm 5:3 Or I direct my prayer to you
Cross references
- Psalm 5:1 : [Ps. 39:3]
- Psalm 5:2 : Ps. 84:3
- Psalm 5:2 : Ps. 65:2
- Psalm 5:3 : Ps. 88:13; 119:147; 130:6
- Psalm 5:3 : [Hab. 2:1]
- Psalm 5:5 : Ps. 73:3; 75:4; [Hab. 1:13]
- Psalm 5:5 : See Ps. 1:5
- Psalm 5:5 : Ps. 11:5
- Psalm 5:6 : [Ps. 4:2]; Rev. 21:8; 22:15
- Psalm 5:6 : Ps. 55:23
- Psalm 5:7 : Ps. 132:7
- Psalm 5:7 : 1 Kgs. 8:29, 30
- Psalm 5:7 : Ps. 11:4; 79:1
- Psalm 5:8 : [Ps. 23:3; 25:4, 5]
- Psalm 5:8 : [Ezra 8:21]
- Psalm 5:9 : Ps. 52:2
- Psalm 5:9 : Cited Rom. 3:13
- Psalm 5:9 : Jer. 5:16
- Psalm 5:9 : Ps. 12:2; Prov. 2:16; 7:5
- Psalm 5:10 : [Isa. 24:6]
- Psalm 5:10 : [2 Sam. 15:31; 17:14, 23]
- Psalm 5:11 : Ps. 2:12
- Psalm 5:11 : Ps. 33:21
- Psalm 5:11 : [Ps. 9:2; 1 Sam. 2:1]
- Psalm 5:12 : Ps. 115:13
- Psalm 5:12 : [Ps. 103:4]
- Psalm 5:12 : [Ps. 35:2]