# Psalm 5 ## Psalm 5:1 - [KJV] Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. - [ASV] Give ear to my words, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation. - [YLT] My sayings hear, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation. ### Notes on Psalm 5:1 - ## Psalm 5:2 - [KJV] Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. - [ASV] Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; For unto thee do I pray. - [YLT] Be attentive to the voice of my cry, My king and my God, For unto Thee I pray habitually. ### Notes on Psalm 5:2 - ## Psalm 5:3 - [KJV] My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct *my prayer* unto thee, and will look up. - [ASV] O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order *my prayer* unto thee, and will keep watch. - [YLT] Jehovah, *at* morning Thou hearest my voice, *At* morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out. ### Notes on Psalm 5:3 - ## Psalm 5:4 - [KJV] For thou *art* not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. - [ASV] For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee. - [YLT] For not a God desiring wickedness *art* Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not. ### Notes on Psalm 5:4 - ## Psalm 5:5 - [KJV] The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. - [ASV] The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight: Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. - [YLT] The boastful station not themselves before Thine eyes: Thou hast hated all working iniquity. ### Notes on Psalm 5:5 - ## Psalm 5:6 - [KJV] Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. - [ASV] Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man. - [YLT] Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate. ### Notes on Psalm 5:6 - ## Psalm 5:7 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] But as for me, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness will I come into thy house: In thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. - [YLT] And I, in the abundance of Thy kindness, I enter Thy house, I bow myself toward Thy holy temple in Thy fear. ### Notes on Psalm 5:7 - ## Psalm 5:8 - [KJV] Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. - [ASV] Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face. - [YLT] O Jehovah, lead me in Thy righteousness, Because of those observing me, Make straight before me Thy way, ### Notes on Psalm 5:8 - ## Psalm 5:9 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart *is* mischiefs, An open grave *is* their throat, Their tongue they make smooth. ### Notes on Psalm 5:9 - ## Psalm 5:10 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] Hold 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 thee. - [YLT] Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall from their own counsels, In the abundance of their transgressions Drive them away, Because they have rebelled against Thee. ### Notes on Psalm 5:10 - ## Psalm 5:11 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] But let all those that take refuge in thee rejoice, Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. - [YLT] And rejoice do all trusting in Thee, To the age they sing, and Thou coverest them over, And those loving Thy name exult in Thee. ### Notes on Psalm 5:11 - ## Psalm 5:12 - [KJV] For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as *with* a shield. - [ASV] For thou wilt bless the righteous; O Jehovah, thou wilt compass him with favor as with a shield. - [YLT] For Thou blessest the righteous, O Jehovah, As a buckler with favour dost compass him! ### Notes on Psalm 5:12 -