Psalm 4-5

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Psalm 4

A Night Prayer

For the choir director: with stringed instruments.^(A) A psalm of David.

¹Answer me when I call,
God, who vindicates me.^[a]^(B)
You freed me from affliction;^(C)
be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

²How long, exalted ones,^[b] will my honor be insulted?^(D)
How long will you love what is worthless^(E)
and pursue a lie? Selah
³Know that the Lord has set apart
the faithful for himself;
the Lord will hear when I call to him.
⁴Be angry^[c] and do not sin;^(F)
reflect in your heart while on your bed and be silent.^(G) Selah
⁵Offer sacrifices in righteousness^[d]^(H)
and trust in the Lord.^(I)

⁶Many are asking, “Who can show us anything good?”
Let the light of your face shine on us, Lord.^(J)

⁷You have put more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and new wine abound.^(K)
⁸I will both lie down and sleep in peace,^(L)
for you alone, Lord, make me live in safety.^(M)

Psalm 5

The Refuge of the Righteous

For the choir director: with the flutes. A psalm of David.

¹Listen to my words, Lord;
consider my sighing.^(N)
²Pay attention to the sound of my cry,^(O)
my King and my God,^(P)
for I pray to you.

³In the morning,^(Q) Lord, you hear my voice;
in the morning I plead my case to you^(R) and watch expectantly.

⁴For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil cannot dwell with you.^(S)
⁵The boastful cannot stand in your sight;^(T)
you hate all evildoers.^(U)
⁶You destroy those who tell lies;^(V)
the Lord abhors violent and treacherous people.^(W)

⁷But I enter your house
by the abundance of your faithful love;^(X)
I bow down toward your holy temple
in reverential awe of you.^(Y)
⁸Lord, lead me in your righteousness^(Z)
because of my adversaries;
make your way straight before me.^(AA)

⁹For there is nothing reliable in what they say;^(AB)
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.^(AC)
¹⁰Punish them, God;
let them fall by their own schemes.^(AD)
Drive them out^(AE) because of their many crimes,
for they rebel against you.^(AF)

¹¹But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;^(AG)
let them shout for joy forever.
May you shelter them,^(AH)
and may those who love your name boast about you.^(AI)
¹²For you, Lord, bless the righteous one;
you surround him with favor like a shield.^(AJ)

Footnotes

4:1 Or God of my righteousness
4:2 Lit long, sons of a man
4:4 Or Tremble
4:5 Or Offer right sacrifices

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