Psalm 5
1 Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.
1 Ponder my | words, O | Lord, ||
con- | 3 sider my | medi- | tation. ||
2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
2 O hearken thou unto the voice of my calling, my | 3 King and my | God: ||
for unto | thee • will I | make my | prayer. ||
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.
3 My voice shalt thou hear be- | times, O | Lord; ||
early 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.
4 For thou art the God that hast no | pleasure • in | wicked•ness; ||
neither shall any | evil | dwell with | thee. ||
5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
5 Such as be foolish shall not | 3 stand in thy | sight; ||
for thou | hatest • all | 3 them that work | ini•quity. ||
6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
6 Thou shalt destroy | 3 them that speak | lies: ||
the Lord will abhor both the | blood•thirsty | and de- | ceitful • 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.
7 But as for me, * in the multitude of thy mercy I will | come • into thine | house; ||
and in thy fear will I | worship to•ward thy | holy | temple. ||
8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness, be- | 3 cause of mine | ene•mies; ||
make thy way | plain be- | fore 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.
9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; * their inward | parts are • very | wicked•ness. ||
10 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.
11 Destroy thou them, O God; * let them perish through their | own im•agin- | ations; ||
cast them out in the multitude of their ungodliness; * for 3 they | have re- | belled a- | gainst thee. ||
12 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
12 And let all them that put their trust in | thee re- | joice: ||
they shall ever be giving of thanks, because thou defendest them; * they that love thy | Name • shall be | 3 joyful in | thee; ||
13 For thou, Lord, wilt give thy | blessing • unto the | righteous, ||
and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou de- | fend him | as • with a | shield. ||
About the Pointing
The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).