Psalms 5

Psalms 5:1

AMP: Listen to my words, O Lord,Consider my groaning and sighing.

ASV: Give ear to my words, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.

BSB: Give ear to my words, O LORD;consider my groaning.

DARBY: {To the chief Musician. Upon Nehiloth. A Psalm of David.} Give ear to my words, O Jehovah; consider my meditation.

DRA: Unto the end, for her that obtaineth the inheritance. A psalm of David.

KJV: Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

Psalms 5:2

AMP: Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God,For to You I pray.

ASV: Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; For unto thee do I pray.

BSB: Attend to the sound of my cry,my King and my God,for to You I pray.

DARBY: Hearken unto the voice of my crying, my king and my God; for to thee will I pray.

DRA: Give ear, O Lord, to my words, understand my cry.

KJV: Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

Psalms 5:3

AMP: In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice;In the morning I will prepare [a prayer and a sacrifice] for You and watch and wait [for You to speak to my heart].

ASV: O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order [my prayer] unto thee, and will keep watch.

BSB: In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice;at daybreak I lay my plea before Youand wait in expectation.

DARBY: Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; in the morning will I address myself to thee, and will look up.

DRA: Hearken to the voice of my prayer, O my King and my God.

KJV: My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

Psalms 5:4

AMP: ¶For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;No evil [person] dwells with You.

ASV: For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee.

BSB: For You are not a God who delights in wickedness;no evil can dwell with You.

DARBY: For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with thee.

DRA: For to thee will I pray: O Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear my voice.

KJV: For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

Psalms 5:5

AMP: The boastful and the arrogant will not stand in Your sight;You hate all who do evil.

ASV: The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight: Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

BSB: The boastful cannot stand in Your presence;You hate all workers of iniquity.

DARBY: Insolent fools shall not stand before thine eyes; thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

DRA: In the morning I will stand before thee, and will see: because thou art not a God that willest iniquity.

KJV: The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

Psalms 5:6

AMP: You destroy those who tell lies;The Lord detests and rejects the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

ASV: Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

BSB: You destroy those who tell lies;the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

DARBY: Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth a man of blood and deceit.

DRA: Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: nor shall the unjust abide before thy eyes.

KJV: Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

Psalms 5:7

AMP: But as for me, I will enter Your house through the abundance of Your steadfast love and tender mercy;At Your holy temple I will bow [obediently] in reverence for You.

ASV: But as for me, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness will I come into thy house: In thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

BSB: But I will enter Your houseby the abundance of Your loving devotion;in reverence I will bow downtoward Your holy temple.

DARBY: But as for me, in the greatness of thy loving-kindness will I enter thy house; I will bow down toward the temple of thy holiness in thy fear.

DRA: Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: Thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie. The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor.

KJV: But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

Psalms 5:8

AMP: ¶O Lord, lead me in Your righteousness because of my enemies;Make Your way straight (direct, right) before me.

ASV: Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.

BSB: Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousnessbecause of my enemies;make straight Your way before me.

DARBY: Lead me, Jehovah, in thy righteousness, because of my foes; make thy way plain before me.

DRA: But as for me in the multitude of thy mercy, I will come into thy house; I will worship towards thy holy temple, in thy fear.

KJV: Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

Psalms 5:9

AMP: For there is nothing trustworthy or reliable or truthful in what they say;Their heart is destruction [just a treacherous chasm, a yawning gulf of lies].Their throat is an open grave;They [glibly] flatter with their [silken] tongue. [Rom 3:13]

ASV: For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.

BSB: For not a word they speak can be trusted;destruction lies within them.Their throats are open graves;their tongues practice deceit.

DARBY: For there is no certainty in their mouth; their inward part is perversion, their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

DRA: Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: because of my enemies, direct my way in thy sight.

KJV: For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Psalms 5:10

AMP: Hold them guilty, O God;Let them fall by their own designs and councils!Cast them out because of the abundance of their transgressions,For they are mutinous and have rebelled against You.

ASV: Hold them guilty, O God; Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions; For they have rebelled against thee.

BSB: Declare them guilty, O God;let them fall by their own devices.Drive them out for their many transgressions,for they have rebelled against You.

DARBY: Bring guilt upon them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels: drive them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against thee.

DRA: for there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is vain.

KJV: Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

Psalms 5:11

AMP: ¶But let all who take refuge and put their trust in You rejoice,Let them ever sing for joy;Because You cover and shelter them,Let those who love Your name be joyful and exult in You.

ASV: But let all those that take refuge in thee rejoice, Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

BSB: But let all who take refuge in You rejoice;let them ever shout for joy.May You shelter them,that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.

DARBY: And all that trust in thee shall rejoice: for ever shall they shout joyously, and thou wilt protect them; and they that love thy name shall exult in thee.

DRA: Their throat is an open sepulchre: they dealt deceitfully with their tongues: judge them, O God. Let them fall from their devices: according to the multitude of their wickedness cast them out: for they have provoked thee, O Lord.

KJV: But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

Psalms 5:12

AMP: For You, O Lord, bless the righteous man [the one who is in right standing with You];You surround him with favor as with a shield.

ASV: For thou wilt bless the righteous; O Jehovah, thou wilt compass him with favor as with a shield. Psalm 6 For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

BSB: For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous;You surround them with the shield of Your favor.

DARBY: For thou, Jehovah, wilt bless the righteous [man]; with favour wilt thou surround him as [with] a shield.

DRA: But let all them be glad that hope in thee: they shall rejoice for ever, and thou shalt dwell in them. And all they that love thy name shall glory in thee:

KJV: For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

Psalms 5:13

DRA: For thou wilt bless the just. O Lord, thou hast crowned us, as with a shield of thy good will.