Psalm 5 - Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Psalm 5

The Refuge of the Righteous

For the choir director: with the flutes. A Davidic psalm.

1 Listen to my words, Lord;
consider my sighing.(A)
2 Pay attention to the sound of my cry,(B)
my King and my God,(C)
for I pray to You.

3 At daybreak,(D) Lord, You hear my voice;
at daybreak I plead my case to You(E) and watch expectantly.

4 For You are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil cannot dwell with You.(F)
5 The boastful cannot stand in Your presence;(G)
You hate all evildoers.(H)
6 You destroy those who tell lies;(I)
the Lord abhors a man of bloodshed and treachery.(J)

7 But I enter Your house
by the abundance of Your faithful love;(K)
I bow down toward Your holy temple
in reverential awe of You.(L)
8 Lord, lead me in Your righteousness(M)
because of my adversaries;[a]
make Your way straight before me.(N)

9 For there is nothing reliable in what they say;[b](O)
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.(P)
10 Punish them, God;
let them fall by their own schemes.(Q)
Drive them out(R) because of their many crimes,
for they rebel against You.(S)

11 But let all who take refuge in You rejoice;(T)
let them shout for joy forever.
May You shelter them,(U)
and may those who love Your name boast about You.(V)
12 For You, Lord, bless the righteous one;
You surround him with favor like a shield.(W)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 5:8 Or of those who lie in wait for me
  2. Psalm 5:9 Lit in his mouth

Cross references

  1. 5:1 : Ps 38:9
  2. 5:2 : Ps 28:2
  3. 5:2 : Ps 84:3
  4. 5:3 : Ps 88:13
  5. 5:3 : Jb 13:18; 23:4; Ps 50:21
  6. 5:4 : Ps 92:15
  7. 5:5 : Ps 1:5; 73:3; 75:4
  8. 5:5 : Jb 8:20; Ps 11:5; 45:7
  9. 5:6 : Rv 21:8
  10. 5:6 : Ps 55:23
  11. 5:7 : Ps 69:13; 86:5, 15; 106:45; Is 63:7
  12. 5:7 : Ps 138:2
  13. 5:8 : Ps 27:11
  14. 5:8 : Pr 4:11
  15. 5:9 : Ps 52:2
  16. 5:9 : Ps 12:3; Pr 26:28; Rm 3:13
  17. 5:10 : Ps 9:16; 35:8; 141:10
  18. 5:10 : Mt 13:41-42
  19. 5:10 : Pr 17:11
  20. 5:11 : Ps 2:12; 64:10
  21. 5:11 : Ps 31:20; 61:4
  22. 5:11 : Ps 9:2
  23. 5:12 : Gn 15:1; Dt 33:29; Ps 3:3; 18:2; 28:7; 119:114

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