Psalm 5, side by side

¹Give ear to my words, the LORD. Consider my meditation.

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

²Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for I pray to you.

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

³The LORD, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.

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

⁴For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can’t live with you.

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

⁵The arrogant will not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.

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

⁶You will destroy those who speak lies. The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

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

⁷But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house. I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.

⁷But 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.

⁸Lead me, the LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.

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

⁹For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

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

¹⁰Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels. Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

¹⁰Destroy 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.

¹¹But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice. Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.

¹¹But 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.

¹²For you will bless the righteous. The LORD, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.

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