Psalms 5:4-12 ▼

4 For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil cannot dwell with you.

5 The boastful cannot stand in your sight; you hate all evildoers.

6 You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors violent and treacherous people.

7 But I enter your house by the abundance of your faithful love; I bow down toward your holy temple in reverential awe of you.

8 LORD, lead me in your righteousness because of my adversaries; make your way straight before me.

9 For there is nothing reliable in what they say; destruction is within them; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongues.

10 Punish them, God; let them fall by their own schemes. Drive them out because of their many crimes, for they rebel against you.

11 But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them shout for joy forever. May you shelter them, and may those who love your name boast about you.

12 For you, LORD, bless the righteous one; you surround him with favor like a shield.