8 Thou hast put gladness in my heart: since the time that their
corn and wine and oil increased.
9 I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest: for it is thou,
Lord, only, that makest me dwell in safety.
PSALM 5. _Verba mea auribus_.
Ponder my words, O Lord: consider my meditation.
2 O hearken thou unto the voice of my calling, my King, and my God:
for unto thee will I make my prayer.
3 My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O Lord: early in the morning
will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
4 For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wickedness: neither
shall any evil dwell with thee.
5 Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy sight: for thou hatest
all them that work vanity.
6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor
both the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
7 But as for me, I will come into thine house, even upon the
multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy
holy temple.
8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies:
make thy way plain before my face.
9 For there is no faithfulness in his mouth: their inward parts are
very wickedness.
10 Their throat is an open sepulchre: they flatter with their
tongue.
11 Destroy thou them, O God; let them perish through their own
imaginations: cast them out in the multitude of their ungodliness;
for they have rebelled against thee.
12 And let all them that put their trust in thee rejoice: they
shall ever be giving of thanks, because thou defendest them; they
that love thy Name shall be joyful in thee;
13 For thou, Lord, wilt give thy blessing unto the righteous: and
with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him as with a shield.