¹ To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.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.¹

1. in…: Heb. before thine eyes

⁶ Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.¹

1. bloody…: Heb. man of bloods and deceit

⁷ But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.¹

1. thy holy…: Heb. the temple of thy holiness

⁸ Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.¹

1. mine…: Heb. those which observe me

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.¹²³

1. faithfulness: or, stedfastness
2. their mouth: Heb. his mouth, that is, the mouth of any of them
3. very…: Heb. wickednesses

¹⁰ Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.¹²

1. Destroy…: or, Make them guilty
2. by…: or, from their counsels

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.¹

1. defendest…: Heb. coverest over, or, protectest them

¹² For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.¹

1. compass: Heb. crown