Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Psalm 5 - KJV and Scottish Metrical Psalter

 Psalm 5

1    GIVE ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

2    Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God:  for unto thee will I pray.

3    My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my
    prayer unto thee, and will look up.

4    For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness:  neither shall evil dwell with thee.

5    The foolish shall not stand in thy sight; thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

6    Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing:  the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

7    But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy:  and in the fear
    will I worship toward thy holy temple.

8    Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

9    For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; 
    their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

10    Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude for their
    transgression; for they have rebelled against thee.

11    But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice:  let them ever shout for joy, because thou
    defendest them:  let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

12    For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

 

 1 Give ear unto my words, O Lord,
my meditation weigh.
2 Hear my loud cry, my King, my God;
for I to thee will pray.
3 Lord, thou shalt early hear my voice:
I early will direct
My pray'r to thee; and, looking up,
an answer will expect.
4 For thou art not a God that doth
in wickedness delight;
Neither shall evil dwell with thee,
5 Nor fools stand in thy sight.
All that ill-doers are thou hat'st;
6 Cutt'st off that liars be:
The bloody and deceitful man
abhorred is by thee.
7 But I into thy house will come
in thine abundant grace;
And I will worship in thy fear
toward thy holy place.
8 Because of those mine enemies,
Lord, in thy righteousness
Do thou me lead; do thou thy way
make straight before my face.
9 For in their mouth there is no truth,
their inward part is ill;
Their throat's an open sepulchre,
their tongue doth flatter still.
10 O God, destroy them; let them be
by their own counsel quell'd:
Them for their many sins cast out,
for they 'gainst thee rebell'd.

 11 But let all joy that trust in thee,
and still make shouting noise;
For them thou sav'st; let all that love
thy name in thee rejoice.
12 For, Lord, unto the righteous man
thou wilt thy blessing yield:
With favour thou wilt compass him
about, as with a shield.

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