Psalms 5
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Psalm 5
Trust in God for Deliverance from Enemies
To the leader: for the flutes. A Psalm of David.
1 #
Ps 19.14; 54.2 Listen to my words, O Lord;
attend to my sighing.
2 #
Ps 3.4; 84.3 Listen to the sound of my cry,
my King and my God,
for to you I pray.
3 #
Ps 88.13; Hab 2.1 O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;
in the morning I plead my case to you and watch.
4 #
Ps 11.5; 92.15 For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil will not sojourn with you.
5 #
Ps 1.5; 11.5; 73.3 The boastful will not stand before your eyes;
you hate all evildoers.
6 #
Ps 55.23; Rev 21.8 You destroy those who speak lies;
the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful.
7 #
Ps 28.2; 69.13 But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,
will enter your house;
I will bow down toward your holy temple
in awe of you.
8 #
Ps 27.11; 31.1 Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness
because of my enemies;
make your way straight before me.
9 #
Deut 32.20; Ps 12.2; Lk 11.44; Rom 3.13 For there is no truth in their mouths;
their hearts are destruction;
their throats are open graves;
they flatter with their tongues.
10 #
Ps 9.16; 107.10, 11; Lam 1.5 Make them bear their guilt, O God;
let them fall by their own counsels;
because of their many transgressions, cast them out,
for they have rebelled against you.
11 #
Ps 2.12; 69.36; Isa 65.13; Zech 9.15 But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;
let them ever sing for joy.
Spread your protection over them,
so that those who love your name may exult in you.
12 #
Ps 32.7, 10; 112.2 For you bless the righteous, O Lord;
you cover them with favor as with a shield.
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