{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":5,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/4","next":"psalms/6","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 Give ear to my words, O LORD;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"consider my groaning."}],"h":"Give Ear to My Words","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Attend to the sound of my cry,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my King and my God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for to You I pray."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay [my plea] before You and wait in expectation.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"at daybreak I lay [my plea] before You"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and wait in expectation."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"For You are not a God who delights in wickedness;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"no evil can dwell with You."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The boastful cannot stand in Your presence;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You hate all workers of iniquity."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You destroy those who tell lies;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.","f":["Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But I will enter Your house"},{"style":"indent2","t":"by the abundance of Your loving devotion;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"in reverence I will bow down"},{"style":"indent2","t":"toward Your holy temple."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because of my enemies;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"make straight Your way before me."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction [lies] within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.","f":["Or flattery; cited in Romans 3:13"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For not a word they speak can be trusted;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"destruction [lies] within them."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Their throats are open graves;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"their tongues practice deceit."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Declare them guilty, O God;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let them fall by their own devices."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Drive them out for their many transgressions,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for they have rebelled against You."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":11,"t":"But 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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But let all who take refuge in You rejoice;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let them ever shout for joy."},{"style":"indent1","t":"May You shelter them,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that those who love Your name may rejoice in You."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":12,"t":"For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You surround them with the shield of Your favor."}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"For the choirmaster, to be accompanied by flutes. A Psalm of David."}