Psalm 5

Ant. Make thy way plain, * O Lord, before my face.

Ponder my words, O Lord:

consider my meditation.

O hearken thou unto the voice of my calling, my King, and my God:

for unto thee will I make my prayer.

My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O Lord:

early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wickedness:

neither shall any evil dwell with thee.

Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy sight:

for thou hatest all them that work vanity.

Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing:

the Lord will abhor both the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

But as for me, I will come into thine house, even upon the multitude of thy mercy:

and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies:

make thy way plain before my face.

For there is no faithfulness in his mouth:

their inward parts are very wickedness.

Their throat is an open sepulchre:

they flatter with their tongue.

Destroy thou them, O God; let them perish through their own imaginations:

cast them out in the multitude of their ungodliness; for they have rebelled against thee.

And let all them that put their trust in thee rejoice:

they shall ever be giving of thanks, because thou defendest them; they that love thy Name shall be joyful in thee;

For thou, Lord, wilt give thy blessing unto the righteous:

and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him as with a shield.

Ant. Make thy way plain, * O Lord, before my face.