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Lead Me in Your Righteousness

To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David.

 Give ear to my words, O Lord;
   consider my groaning.
² Give attention to the sound of my cry,
   my King and my God,
   for to you do I pray.
³ O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;
   in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you^[a] and watch.

⁴ For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil may not dwell with you.
⁵ The boastful shall not stand before your eyes;
you hate all evildoers.
⁶ You destroy those who speak lies;
the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

⁷ But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,
will enter your house.
I will bow down toward your holy temple
in the fear of you.
⁸ Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness
because of my enemies;
make your way straight before me.

⁹ For there is no truth in their mouth;
their inmost self is destruction;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongue.
¹⁰ Make them bear their guilt, O God;
let them fall by their own counsels;
because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out,
for they have rebelled against you.

¹¹ But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;
let them ever sing for joy,
and spread your protection over them,
that those who love your name may exult in you.
¹² For you bless the righteous, O Lord;
you cover him with favor as with a shield.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 5:3 Or I direct my prayer to you

Cross references:

1. Psalm 5:1 : [Ps. 39:3]
2. Psalm 5:2 : Ps. 84:3
3. Psalm 5:2 : Ps. 65:2
4. Psalm 5:3 : Ps. 88:13; 119:147; 130:6
5. Psalm 5:3 : [Hab. 2:1]
6. Psalm 5:5 : Ps. 73:3; 75:4; [Hab. 1:13]
7. Psalm 5:5 : See Ps. 1:5
8. Psalm 5:5 : Ps. 11:5
9. Psalm 5:6 : [Ps. 4:2]; Rev. 21:8; 22:15
10. Psalm 5:6 : Ps. 55:23
11. Psalm 5:7 : Ps. 132:7
12. Psalm 5:7 : 1 Kgs. 8:29, 30
13. Psalm 5:7 : Ps. 11:4; 79:1
14. Psalm 5:8 : [Ps. 23:3; 25:4, 5]
15. Psalm 5:8 : [Ezra 8:21]
16. Psalm 5:9 : Ps. 52:2
17. Psalm 5:9 : Cited Rom. 3:13
18. Psalm 5:9 : Jer. 5:16
19. Psalm 5:9 : Ps. 12:2; Prov. 2:16; 7:5
20. Psalm 5:10 : [Isa. 24:6]
21. Psalm 5:10 : [2 Sam. 15:31; 17:14, 23]
22. Psalm 5:11 : Ps. 2:12
23. Psalm 5:11 : Ps. 33:21
24. Psalm 5:11 : [Ps. 9:2; 1 Sam. 2:1]
25. Psalm 5:12 : Ps. 115:13
26. Psalm 5:12 : [Ps. 103:4]
27. Psalm 5:12 : [Ps. 35:2]