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Psalm 5
- Purpose
- To offer praise and prayer to God, to supply God’s people with texts for worship, and to provide reflection on the sovereignty of God and some of life’s toughest questions
- Author
- Various; nearly half are linked with David
- Date
- Written over the course of many centuries; the process of collecting and editing was likely completed after the Babylonian exile
- Setting
- Varied, but a postexilic setting accounts for much of the editorial activity and grouping of the psalms
Psalms has 36,194 words: about 2 hours 32 minutes to read, or 4 hours 18 minutes to listen to. Read it from the start or listen from the start.
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To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.
1Give
2
3My
4For thou art not a
5The
6Thou shalt
7But as for me, I will
8
9For there is no
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11But let all those that put their
12For thou,
Footnotes
- a 5:5 in…: Heb. before thine eyes
- b 5:6 bloody…: Heb. man of bloods and deceit
- c 5:7 thy holy…: Heb. the temple of thy holiness
- d 5:8 mine…: Heb. those which observe me
- e 5:9 faithfulness: or, stedfastness
- f 5:9 their mouth: Heb. his mouth, that is, the mouth of any of them
- g 5:9 very…: Heb. wickednesses
- h 5:10 Destroy…: or, Make them guilty
- i 5:10 by…: or, from their counsels
- j 5:11 defendest…: Heb. coverest over, or, protectest them
- k 5:12 compass: Heb. crown
Give Ear to My Words
For the choirmaster, to be accompanied by flutes. A Psalm of David.
1Give ear to my words, O LORD;consider my groaning. 2Attend to the sound of my cry,my King and my God,for to You I pray.
3In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice;at daybreak I lay my plea before Youand wait in expectation.
4For You are not a God who delights in wickedness;no evil can dwell with You. 5The boastful cannot stand in Your presence;You hate all workers of iniquity. 6You destroy those who tell lies;the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
7But I will enter Your houseby the abundance of Your loving devotion;footnote ain reverence I will bow downtoward Your holy temple.
8Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousnessbecause of my enemies;make straight Your way before me. 9For not a word they speak can be trusted;destruction lies within them.Their throats are open graves;their tongues practice deceit.footnote b
10Declare them guilty, O God;let them fall by their own devices.Drive them out for their many transgressions,for they have rebelled against You.
11But let all who take refuge in You rejoice;let them ever shout for joy.May You shelter them,that those who love Your name may rejoice in You. 12For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous;You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
Footnotes
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