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With <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>flutes. A Psalm of David.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-1"><span class="text Ps-5-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Give ear to my words, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>,</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-5-1">Consider my <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>meditation.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Give heed to the voice of my cry,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-5-2">My King and my God,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-5-2">For to You I will pray.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>My voice You shall hear in the morning, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-5-3">In the morning I will direct <i>it</i> to You,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-5-3">And I will look up.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For You <i>are</i> not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-5-4">Nor shall evil <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>dwell with You.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The boastful shall not stand in Your sight;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-5-5">You hate all workers of iniquity.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>You shall destroy those who speak falsehood;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-5-6">The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-5-7">In fear of You I will worship toward <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>Your holy temple.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Lead me, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, in Your righteousness because of my enemies;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-5-8">Make Your way straight before my face.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For <i>there is</i> no <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>faithfulness in their mouth;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-5-9">Their inward part <i>is</i> destruction;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-5-9">Their throat <i>is</i> an open tomb;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-5-9">They flatter with their tongue.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Pronounce them guilty, O God!</span><br /><span class="text Ps-5-10">Let them fall by their own counsels;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-5-10">Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-5-10">For they have rebelled against You.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-5-11">Let them ever shout for joy, because You <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>defend them;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-5-11">Let those also who love Your name</span><br /><span class="text Ps-5-11">Be joyful in You.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For You, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, will bless the righteous;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-5-12">With favor You will surround him as <i>with</i> a shield.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-13975a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 5:1">Psalm 5:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb. <i>nehiloth</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13975b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 5:1">Psalm 5:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>groaning</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13978c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 5:4">Psalm 5:4</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>sojourn</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13981d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 5:7">Psalm 5:7</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>the temple of Your holiness</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13983e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 5:9">Psalm 5:9</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>uprightness</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13985f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 5:11">Psalm 5:11</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>protect,</i> lit. <i>cover</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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