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World English Bible

Psalm 5 (WEBP)

[1] Give ear to my words, Yahweh. Consider my meditation.
[2] Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for I pray to you.
[3] Yahweh, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.
[4] For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can’t live with you.
[5] The arrogant will not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.
[6] You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
[7] But 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.
[8] Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.
[9] For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.
[10] Hold 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.
[11] But 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.
[12] For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 5 (KJVS)

[1] Give ear to my words, O Lord, Consider my meditation.
[2] Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: For unto thee will I pray.
[3] My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
[4] For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Neither shall evil dwell with thee.
[5] The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
[6] Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: The Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
[7] But 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.
[8] Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.
[9] For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.
[10] Destroy 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.
[11] But 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.
[12] For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; With favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

Psalm 5:5 Heb. before thine eyes
Psalm 5:6 Heb. man of bloods and deceit
Psalm 5:7 Heb. the temple of thy holiness
Psalm 5:8 Heb. those which observe me
Psalm 5:9a Or, steadfastness
Psalm 5:9b Heb. in his mouth i. in the mouth of any of them
Psalm 5:9c Heb. wickedness
Psalm 5:10a Or, make them guilty
Psalm 5:10b Or, from their counsels
Psalm 5:11 Heb. thou coverest over, or protectest them
Psalm 5:12 Heb. crown him

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 5 (BYZ)

[1] Εἰς () τὸ () τέλος, () ὑπὲρ () τῆς () κληρονομούσης· () ψαλμὸς () τῷ () Δαυιδ. () Τὰ () ῥήματά () μου () ἐνώτισαι, () κύριε, () σύνες () τῆς () κραυγῆς () μου· ()
[2] πρόσχες () τῇ () φωνῇ () τῆς () δεήσεώς () μου, () ὁ () βασιλεύς () μου () καὶ () ὁ () θεός () μου. () Ὅτι () πρὸς () σὲ () προσεύξομαι, () κύριε· ()
[3] τὸ () πρωῒ () εἰσακούσῃ () τῆς () φωνῆς () μου, () τὸ () πρωῒ () παραστήσομαί () σοι () καὶ () ἐπόψομαι. ()
[4] Ὅτι () οὐχὶ () θεὸς () θέλων () ἀνομίαν () σὺ () εἶ, () οὐδὲ () παροικήσει σοι () πονηρευόμενος·
[5] οὐ () διαμενοῦσιν () παράνομοι κατέναντι () τῶν () ὀφθαλμῶν () σου, () ἐμίσησας () πάντας () τοὺς () ἐργαζομένους () τὴν () ἀνομίαν. ()
[6] Ἀπολεῖς () πάντας () τοὺς () λαλοῦντας () τὸ () ψεῦδος· () ἄνδρα () αἱμάτων () καὶ () δόλιον () βδελύσσεται () κύριος. ()
[7] Ἐγὼ () δὲ () ἐν () τῷ () πλήθει () τοῦ () ἐλέους () σου () εἰσελεύσομαι () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκόν () σου, () προσκυνήσω () πρὸς () ναὸν () ἅγιόν σου () ἐν () φόβῳ () σου. ()
[8] Κύριε, () ὁδήγησόν () με () ἐν () τῇ () δικαιοσύνῃ () σου () ἕνεκα () τῶν () ἐχθρῶν () μου, () κατεύθυνον () ἐνώπιόν () μου () τὴν () ὁδόν () σου. ()
[9] Ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἐν () τῷ () στόματι () αὐτῶν () ἀλήθεια, () ἡ () καρδία () αὐτῶν () ματαία· () τάφος () ἀνεῳγμένος () ὁ () λάρυγξ () αὐτῶν, () ταῖς () γλώσσαις () αὐτῶν () ἐδολιοῦσαν. ()
[10] Κρῖνον () αὐτούς, () ὁ () θεός· () ἀποπεσάτωσαν () ἀπὸ () τῶν () διαβουλίων αὐτῶν· () κατὰ () τὸ () πλῆθος () τῶν () ἀσεβειῶν () αὐτῶν () ἔξωσον () αὐτούς, () ὅτι () παρεπίκρανάν () σε, () κύριε. ()
[11] Καὶ () εὐφρανθήτωσαν () πάντες () οἱ () ἐλπίζοντες () ἐπὶ () σέ· () εἰς () αἰῶνα () ἀγαλλιάσονται, () καὶ () κατασκηνώσεις () ἐν () αὐτοῖς, () καὶ () καυχήσονται () ἐν () σοὶ () πάντες () οἱ () ἀγαπῶντες () τὸ () ὄνομά () σου. ()
[12] Ὅτι () σὺ () εὐλογήσεις () δίκαιον· () κύριε, () ὡς () ὅπλῳ () εὐδοκίας () ἐστεφάνωσας () ἡμᾶς. ()

Psalm 5:1 Originally verses 5:1–2.
Psalm 5:2 Originally verse 5:3.
Psalm 5:3 Originally verse 5:4.
Psalm 5:4 Originally verse 5:5.
Psalm 5:5 Originally verse 5:6.
Psalm 5:6 Originally verse 5:7.
Psalm 5:7 Originally verse 5:8.
Psalm 5:8 Originally verse 5:9.
Psalm 5:9 Originally verse 5:10.
Psalm 5:10 Originally verse 5:11.
Psalm 5:11 Originally verse 5:12.
Psalm 5:12 Originally verse 5:13.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.