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.
2 Give heed to athe sound of my cry for help, bmy King and my God,
For to You I pray.
3 O Yahweh, in the morning, You will hear my voice;
In the amorning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly bwatch.
4 For You are not a God awho delights in wickedness;
bEvil does not sojourn with You.
5 The aboastful shall not bstand before Your eyes;
You chate all workers of iniquity.
6 You adestroy those who speak falsehood;
Yahweh abhors bthe man of bloodshed and deceit.
7 But as for me, ain the abundance of Your lovingkindness I will enter Your house,
At Your holy temple I will bworship in cfear of You.
8 O Yahweh, alead me bin Your righteousness cbecause of my foes;
Make Your way straight before me.
9 There is anothing reliable in their mouth;
Their binward part is destruction itself.
Their cthroat is an open grave;
They flatter with their tongue.
10 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.
11 But let all who atake refuge in You bbe glad,
Let them ever sing for joy;
And may You cshelter them,
That those who dlove Your name may exult in You.
12 For it is You who ablesses the righteous one, O Yahweh,
You bsurround him with favor as with a large shield.