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Monday, May 6th, 2024
the Sixth Week after Easter
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Psalms 5

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Psalm 5

The Refuge of the Righteous

For the choir director: with the flutes. A Davidic psalm.

1 Listen to my words, Lord;
consider my sighing.(a)
2 Pay attention to the sound of my cry,(b)
my King and my God,(c)
for I pray to You.

3 At daybreak,(d) Lord, You hear my voice;
at daybreak I plead my case to You(e) and watch expectantly.

4 For You are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil cannot dwell with You.(f)
5 The boastful cannot stand in Your presence;(g)
You hate all evildoers.(h)
6 You destroy those who tell lies;(i)
the Lord abhors a man of bloodshed and treachery.(j)

7 But I enter Your house
by the abundance of Your faithful love;(k)
I bow down toward Your holy temple
in reverential awe of You.(l)
8 Lord, lead me in Your righteousness(m)
because of my adversaries;[a]
make Your way straight before me.(n)

9 For there is nothing reliable in what they say;[b](o)
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.(p)
10 Punish them, God;
let them fall by their own schemes.(q)
Drive them out(r) because of their many crimes,
for they rebel against You.(s)

11 But let all who take refuge in You rejoice;(t)
let them shout for joy forever.
May You shelter them,(u)
and may those who love Your name boast about You.(v)
12 For You, Lord, bless the righteous one;
You surround him with favor like a shield.(w)

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