Psalm V.
1
Give ear unto my words, O Lord;
Consider what I say:
Listen to me, my King and God,
For I to thee will pray.
2
My Supplication thou O Lord,
Shalt in the Morning hear:
And looking up, I will direct
My prayer to thine ear.
3
For thou, O Lord, art not a God
That pleasure takes in vice:
No wickedness shall dwell with thee,
Nor stand before thine eyes.
4
The Lyar, and the Man unjust,
The Lord doth hate them both:
The bloody and deceitful Man
He doth abhor and loath.
5
But I into thy house will come,
In thine abundant Grace;
And worship thee with reverence
Before thy holy place.
6
Lord, lead me in thy righteous ways,
Mine Enemies watch me so:
Teach me, and help me then, O Lord,
In thy streight paths to go.
7
For in their mouth there is no truth,
Their heart is naught and wrong;
Their Throat an open Sepulchre,
They flatter with their Tongue.
8
Destroy them quite, and let them fall
By Counsels of their own;
And in the midst of all their sins,
Lord, cast these Rebels down.
9
But let all them, that trust in thee,
Their Shouts to Heaven send:
And all, that love thy name rejoice,
That thou dost them defend.
10
For thou upon the righteous Man
Wilt pour thy Blessings out:
Thy Grace and Favour, like a Shield,
Shall compass him about.
