Psalm 5

New American Standard Bible

Prayer for Protection from the Wicked.

For the music director; for ^[a]flute accompaniment. A Psalm of David.

5 ^(A)Listen to my words, Lord,
Consider my ^(B)sighing.
²Listen to ^(C)the sound of my cry for help, ^(D)my King and my God,
For to You I pray.
³In the morning, Lord, ^[b]You will hear my voice;
In the ^(E)morning I will present my ^[c]prayer to You and be on the ^(F)watch.

⁴For You are not a God ^(G)who takes pleasure in wickedness;
^(H)No evil can dwell with You.
⁵The ^(I)boastful will not ^(J)stand before Your eyes;
You ^(K)hate all who do injustice.
⁶You ^(L)destroy those who speak lies;
The Lord loathes ^(M)the person of bloodshed and deceit.
⁷But as for me, ^(N)by Your abundant graciousness I will enter Your house,
^[d]At Your holy temple I will ^(O)bow in ^(P)reverence for You.

⁸Lord, ^(Q)lead me ^(R)in Your righteousness ^(S)because of my enemies;
Make Your way ^[e]straight before me.
⁹For there is ^(T)nothing ^[f]trustworthy in ^[g]their mouth;
Their ^(U)inward part is destruction itself.
Their ^(V)throat is an open grave;
They ^[h]flatter with their tongue.
¹⁰Make them pay, God;
^(W)Have them fall by their own schemes!
^(X)Scatter them in the multitude of their wrongdoings,
For they are ^(Y)rebellious against You.

¹¹But ^(Z)rejoice, all who ^(AA)take refuge in You,
Sing for joy forever!
And ^[i]may You ^(AB)shelter them,
That those who ^(AC)love Your name may rejoice in You.
¹²For You ^(AD)bless the righteous person, Lord,
You ^(AE)surround him with favor as with a shield.

Footnotes

Psalm 5 Title Heb Nehiloth
Psalm 5:3 Or May You hear
Psalm 5:3 Or sacrifice
Psalm 5:7 Or Toward
Psalm 5:8 Or smooth
Psalm 5:9 Or true
Psalm 5:9 So ancient versions; MT his
Psalm 5:9 Or make their tongue smooth
Psalm 5:11 Or You shelter

Psalm 147:1-11

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Praise for Jerusalem’s Restoration and Prosperity.

147 ^[a]Praise ^[b]the Lord!
For ^(A)it is good to sing praises to our God;
For ^[c]it is pleasant and praise is ^[d]^(B)beautiful.
²The Lord ^(C)builds up Jerusalem;
He ^(D)gathers the outcasts of Israel.
³He heals the ^(E)brokenhearted
And ^(F)binds up their ^[e]wounds.
⁴He ^(G)counts the number of the stars;
He ^[f]^(H)gives names to all of them.
⁵^(I)Great is our Lord and abundant in strength;
His ^(J)understanding is ^[g]infinite.
⁶The Lord ^[h]^(K)supports the afflicted;
He brings the wicked down to the ground.

⁷^(L)Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
Sing praises to our God on the lyre;
⁸It is He who ^(M)covers the heavens with clouds,
Who ^(N)provides rain for the earth,
Who ^(O)makes grass sprout on the mountains.
⁹It is He who ^(P)gives an animal its food,
And feeds ^(Q)young ravens that cry.
¹⁰He does not delight in ^[i]the strength of the ^(R)horse;
He ^(S)does not take pleasure in the ^[j]legs of a man.
¹¹The Lord ^(T)favors those who fear Him,
^(U)Those who wait for His ^[k]faithfulness.

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Footnotes

Psalm 147:1 Or Hallelujah!
Psalm 147:1 Heb Yah
Psalm 147:1 Or He is delightful
Psalm 147:1 Or fitting
Psalm 147:3 Lit pains
Psalm 147:4 Or calls them all by their names
Psalm 147:5 Lit innumerable
Psalm 147:6 Or relieves
Psalm 147:10 I.e., as a military asset
Psalm 147:10 I.e., as a military asset
Psalm 147:11 Or mercy

Amos 5:6-15

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⁶^(A)Seek the Lord so that you may live,
Or He will break through like a ^(B)fire, ^[a]house of Joseph,
And it will consume with no one to extinguish it for Bethel,
⁷For those who turn ^(C)justice into wormwood,
And ^[b]throw righteousness to the earth.”

⁸He who made the ^(D)Pleiades and Orion,
And ^(E)changes deep darkness into morning,
^[c]Who also ^(F)darkens day into night,
Who ^(G)calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the surface of the earth,
The ^(H)Lord is His name.
⁹It is He who ^(I)makes destruction flash upon the strong,
So that ^(J)destruction comes upon the fortress.

¹⁰They hate him who ^(K)rebukes in the ^[d]gate,
And they ^(L)despise him who speaks with integrity.
¹¹Therefore because you impose heavy ^[e]rent on the poor
And take a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built ^(M)houses of cut stone,
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted beautiful vineyards, yet you will ^(N)not drink their wine.
¹²For I know your offenses are many and your sins are great,
You who are ^(O)hostile to the righteous and accept bribes,
And ^[f]turn away the poor from justice at the ^[g]gate.
¹³Therefore at ^[h]such a time the prudent person ^(P)keeps quiet, because it is an evil time.

¹⁴Seek good and not evil, so that you may live;
And so may the Lord God of armies be with you,
^(Q)Just as you have said!
¹⁵^(R)Hate evil, love good,
And establish justice in the ^[i]gate!
Perhaps the Lord God of armies
^(S)Will be gracious to the ^(T)remnant of Joseph.

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Footnotes

Amos 5:6 Or in the house
Amos 5:7 Lit they have thrown
Amos 5:8 Lit And He darkened
Amos 5:10 I.e., the place where court was held
Amos 5:11 Or tax
Amos 5:12 Lit they turn
Amos 5:12 I.e., the place where court was held
Amos 5:13 Lit that time
Amos 5:15 I.e., the place where court was held

Hebrews 12:1-14

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Jesus, the Example

12 Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let’s ^(A)rid ourselves of every obstacle and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s ^(B)run with ^(C)endurance the race that is set before us, ²looking only at Jesus, the ^[a]^(D)originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him ^(E)endured the cross, ^(F)despising the shame, and has ^(G)sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

³For ^(H)consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary ^[b]^(I)and lose heart.

A Father’s Discipline

⁴^(J)You have not yet resisted ^[c]^(K)to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; ⁵and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,

“^(L)My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
Nor ^(M)faint when you are punished by Him;
⁶^(N)For ^(O)whom the Lord loves He disciplines,
And He punishes every son whom He accepts.”

⁷It is for discipline that you endure; ^(P)God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? ⁸But if you are without discipline, ^(Q)of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. ⁹Furthermore, we had ^[d]earthly fathers to discipline us, and we ^(R)respected them; shall we not much more be subject to ^(S)the Father of ^[e]spirits, and ^(T)live? ¹⁰For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, ^(U)so that we may share His holiness. ¹¹^(V)For the moment, all discipline seems not to be pleasant, but painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterward it yields the ^(W)peaceful fruit of righteousness.

¹²Therefore, ^[f]^(X)strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, ¹³and ^(Y)make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is impaired may not be dislocated, but rather ^(Z)be healed.