¹ To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

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

³ My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer to 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 falsehood: 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 my 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 surround him as with a shield.¹

1. compass: Heb. crown