Prayer for Protection from the Wicked.

For the choir director; for flute accompaniment. A Psalm of David.

1Give ear to my words, O LORD,
         Consider my groaning.

2Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God,
         For to You I pray.

3In the morning, O LORD, You will hear my voice;
         In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch.

4For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;
         No evil dwells with You.

5The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes;
         You hate all who do iniquity.

6You destroy those who speak falsehood;
         The LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

7But as for me, by Your abundant lovingkindness I will enter Your house,
         At Your holy temple I will bow in reverence for You.

8O LORD, lead me in Your righteousness because of my foes;
         Make Your way straight before me.

9There is nothing reliable in what they say;
         Their inward part is destruction itself.
         Their throat is an open grave;
         They flatter with their tongue.

10Hold them guilty, O God;
         By their own devices let them fall!
         In the multitude of their transgressions thrust them out,
         For they are rebellious against You.

11But let all who take refuge in You be glad,
         Let them ever sing for joy;
         And may You shelter them,
         That those who love Your name may exult in You.

12For it is You who blesses the righteous man, O LORD,
         You surround him with favor as with a shield.

NASB ©1995

American Standard Version
Give ear to my words, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Unto the end, for her that obtaineth the inheritance. A psalm of David. Give ear, O Lord, to my words, understand my cry.

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

English Revised Version
For the Chief Musician; with the Nehiloth. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

Webster's Bible Translation
To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

World English Bible
Give ear to my words, Yahweh. Consider my meditation.

Young's Literal Translation
To the Overseer, 'Concerning the Inheritances.' -- A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.A Staircase of Three Steps
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Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

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Jane Borthwick—Hymns from the Land of Luther

Morning Hymns
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Catherine Winkworth—Lyra Germanica: The Christian Year

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St. Augustine—On Lying

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St. Augustine—On Lying

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St. Augustine—Against Lying

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St. Augustine—On Lying

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St. Augustine—On Lying

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Martin Luther—Epistle Sermons, Vol. III

Question of the Division of Life into the Active and the Contemplative
I. May Life be fittingly divided into the Active and the Contemplative? S. Augustine, De Consensu Evangelistarum, I., iv. 8 " Tractatus, cxxiv. 5, in Joannem II. Is this division of Life into the Active and the Contemplative a sufficient one? S. Augustine, Of the Trinity, I., viii. 17 I May Life be fittingly divided into the Active and the Contemplative? S. Gregory the Great says[291]: "There are two kinds of lives in which Almighty God instructs us by His Sacred Word--namely, the active and …
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