1. Give ear unto my words, O Lord,my meditation weigh.
2. Hear my loud cry, my King, my God;for I to thee will pray.
3. Lord, thou shalt early hear my voice:I early will directMy pray'r to thee; and, looking up,an answer will expect.
4. For thou art not a God that dothin wickedness delight;Neither shall evil dwell with thee,
5. Nor fools stand in thy sight.All that ill-doers are thou hat'st;
6. Cutt'st off that liars be:The bloody and deceitful manabhorred is by thee.
7. But I into thy house will comein thine abundant grace;And I will worship in thy feartoward thy holy place.
8. Because of those mine enemies,Lord, in thy righteousnessDo thou me lead; do thou thy waymake straight before my face.
9. For in their mouth there is no truth,their inward part is ill;Their throat's an open sepulchre,their tongue doth flatter still.
10. O God, destroy them; let them beby their own counsel quell'd:Them for their many sins cast out,for they 'gainst thee rebell'd.
11. But let all joy that trust in thee,and still make shouting noise;For them thou sav'st; let all that lovethy name in thee rejoice.
12. For, Lord, unto the righteous manthou wilt thy blessing yield:With favour thou wilt compass himabout, as with a shield.