Give ear to my words, O Jehovah
, Consider my meditation.
Give ear to my words, O LORD
, consider my meditation.
Translation comparison
Psalms 5
12 aligned verses; 11 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God ;
For unto thee do
I pray.
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God :
for unto thee will
I pray.
O
Jehovah,
in
the
morning
shalt thou hear my
voice
; In the morning will I order
`
my prayer '
unto thee, and will keep
watch
.
My
voice
shalt thou hear in
the
morning,
O
LORD
; in the morning will I direct
my prayer unto thee, and will look
up
.
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil
shall not
sojourn
with thee.
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither
shall evil
dwell
with thee.
The arrogant
shall not stand in thy sight: Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
The foolish
shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Thou wilt
destroy them that speak lies
: Jehovah
abhorreth
the blood-thirsty
and deceitful man.
Thou shalt
destroy them that speak leasing
: the LORD
will
abhor
the
bloody
and deceitful man.
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.
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.
Lead me, O Jehovah
, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.
Lead me, O LORD
, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
For thou ,
LORD,
wilt bless the righteous; with
favour
wilt thou
compass him as with a shield.
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