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Psalm 5:1-6
Lexham English Bible
Psalm 5:1-6
Lexham English Bible
A Prayer for Guidance and Protection
For the music director; with the flutes. A psalm of David.[a]
5 Hear my words, O Yahweh.
Give heed to my sighing.[b]
2 Listen to the sound of my pleading,[c] my king and my God,
for to you I pray.
3 O Yahweh, in the morning you will hear my voice.
In the morning I will set forth[d] my case to you and I will watch.[e]
4 For you are not a God who desires[f] wickedness.
Evil cannot dwell with you.
5 The boastful do not stand before[g] your eyes.
You hate all evildoers.
6 You destroy speakers of lies.[h]
A man of bloodshed[i] and deceit Yahweh abhors.
Footnotes
- Psalm 5:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
- Psalm 5:1 Or “murmuring”
- Psalm 5:2 Or “cry for help”
- Psalm 5:3 Or “present”
- Psalm 5:3 Or “look expectantly”
- Psalm 5:4 Or “takes delight in”
- Psalm 5:5 Or “in front of”
- Psalm 5:6 Hebrew “lie”
- Psalm 5:6 Literally “a man of bloods”
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