| The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000. | | The Psalms | | 5 |
A Prayer for Protection |
| To the chief Musician upon Ne'hiloth, A Psalm of David. |
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Give ear to my words, O LORD;
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Hearken unto the voice of my cry,
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my King, and my God: |
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for unto thee will I pray. |
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My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD;
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in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, |
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and will look up. |
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For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness:
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neither shall evil dwell with thee. |
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The foolish shall not stand in thy sight:
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thou hatest all workers of iniquity. |
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Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing:
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the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. |
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But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy:
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and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. |
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Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;
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make thy way straight before my face. |
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For there is no faithfulness in their mouth;
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their inward part is very wickedness; |
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their throat is an open sepulchre; |
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they flatter with their tongue. Rom. 3.13 |
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Destroy thou them, O God;
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let them fall by their own counsels; |
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cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; |
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for they have rebelled against thee. |
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But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice:
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let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: |
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let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. |
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For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous;
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with favor wilt thou compass him as with a shield. |
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