For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by Dawud1.
1Give ear to my words, YAHWEH2. Consider my meditation. 2Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; For to you do I pray. 3YAHWEH, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.
4For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil cannot live with you. 5The arrogant shall not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity. 6You will destroy those who speak lies. YAHWEH abhors the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
7But 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. 8Lead me, YAHWEH, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.
9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongue they speak lies.3 10Hold them guilty, O God. Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, For they have rebelled against you.
11But 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 Name4 be joyful in you. 12For you will bless the righteous. YAHWEH, you will surround him with favour as with a shield.
- 5:title Dawud, this Arabic name is derived from David (Hebrew) and means “Beloved.” ↩︎
- 5:1 YAHWEH, God’s personal Name revealed to Prophet Musa in the Taurat, Exodus 3:15: ‘God said moreover to Musa, “You shall tell Bani-Israel this, ‘YAHWEH, the God of your fathers, the God of Ibrahim, the God of Ishaq, and the God of Yaqub, has sent me to you.’ This is my Name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered to all generations.”’ ↩︎
- 5:9 Quoted in the Injil, Romans 3:13, which says, “Their throat is an open tomb.
With their tongue they speak lies. The poison of vipers is under their lips.” ↩︎ - 5:11 your Name, That Name is YAHWEH. ↩︎