Psalms 5:1-12

¹Yahweh, listen to me while I pray! Pay attention to me when I am groaning because I am suffering very much.

²You are my King and my God. When I call to you to ask you to help me, listen to me, because you are the one to whom I pray.

³Listen to me when I pray to you each morning, and I wait for you to reply.

⁴You are not a god who is pleased with wicked people; you do not ◄associate with/invite into your house► those who do what is evil.

⁵You do not allow those who are very proud to come to you to worship you. You hate all those who do evil things.

⁶You get rid of liars, and you despise those who murder others and those who deceive others.

⁷Yahweh, because you love me so much and so faithfully, I come into your temple. I revere you greatly, and I bow down to worship you at your sacred temple.

⁸Yahweh, because you act righteously toward me, show me what is right for me to do. Because I have many enemies, show me clearly what you want me to do.

⁹My enemies never say what is true; they just want to destroy others. The things that they say MTY are as foul as an open grave where a corpse is decaying. They use their tongues to tell lies.

¹⁰O God, declare that they are guilty MTY and punish them. Cause them to experience the same disasters/troubles that they plan to cause to happen to others. Get rid of them because they have committed many sins, and they have rebelled against you.

¹¹But cause that all those who go to you to be protected will rejoice; cause them to sing joyfully to you forever. Protect those who love you MTY; they are truly happy because ◄of what you do for them/they belong to you►.

¹²Yahweh, you always bless those who act righteously; you protect them like a soldier is protected by his shield SIM.