Lead Me in Your Righteousness
For the choir director. For● the flutes. A Psalm of David.
aGive ear to my words, O Yahweh,Consider my bmeditation.Heb NehilothPs 54:2Ps 104:342 Give heed to athe sound of my cry for help, bmy King and my God,For to You I pray.Ps 140:6Ps 84:33 O Yahweh, in the morning, 1You will hear my voice;In the amorning I will order my 2prayer to You and eagerly bwatch.Or May You hearOr sacrificePs 88:13Ps 130:5
4 For You are not a God awho delights in wickedness;bEvil does not sojourn with You.Ps 11:5; 34:16Ps 92:155 The aboastful shall not bstand before Your eyes;You chate all workers of iniquity.Ps 73:3; 75:4Ps 1:5Ps 11:5; 45:76 You adestroy those who speak falsehood;Yahweh abhors bthe man of bloodshed and deceit.Ps 52:4, 5Ps 55:237 But as for me, ain the abundance of Your lovingkindness I will enter Your house,1At Your holy temple I will bworship in cfear of You.Or TowardPs 69:13Ps 138:2Ps 115:11, 13
8 O Yahweh, alead me bin Your righteousness cbecause of 1my foes;Make Your way 2straight before me.Or those who lie in wait for meOr smoothPs 31:3Ps 31:1Ps 27:119 There is anothing 1reliable in their mouth;Their binward part is destruction itself.Their cthroat is an open grave;They 2flatter with their tongue.Or trueOr make their tongue smoothPs 52:3Ps 7:14Rom 3:1310 Hold them guilty, O God;aBy their own devices let them fall!In the abundance of their transgressions bthrust them out,For they are crebellious against You.Ps 9:16Ps 36:12Ps 107:10, 11
11 But let all who atake refuge in You bbe glad,Let them ever sing for joy;And 1may You cshelter them,That those who dlove Your name may exult in You.Or You shelterPs 2:12Ps 33:1; 64:10Ps 12:7Ps 69:3612 For it is You who ablesses the righteous one, O Yahweh,You bsurround him with favor as with a large shield.Ps 29:11Ps 32:7, 10