1 ARST Yahweh, listen to what I say! Comprehend my distressed sigh. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster, to be accompanied by flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.
2 ARST { Since} you are my king and my God, hear and respond when I plead aloud for rescuing, because I am praying to you{ only}. BSB BSB: Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.
3 ARST Yahweh, you will hear me pleading each morning. Every morning I will request that you save me, and I will wait for you to do it. BSB BSB: In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
4 ARST You are a God who certainly does not approve of wicked people; evil- doers never stay as your guests. BSB BSB: For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.
5 ARST Boasters are not allowed to come worship you. You hate everyone who does evil things. BSB BSB: The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.
6 ARST You kill liars. Yahweh despises murderers and people who deceive others. BSB BSB: You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
7 ARST As for me, I will come{ worship you} where you live, because you are extremely faithful. I will reverently kneel to worship you at your sacred temple. BSB BSB: But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.
8 ARST Yahweh, my enemies are watching me{ to try to catch me doing something wrong}. Please show me how to do what is right, just as you always do what is right. Make it easy for me to live obediently to you. BSB BSB: Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.
9 ARST Please do this because my enemies are untrustworthy; one of their strongest desires is to destroy people. They speak things that are vile like the smell of an open grave. They flatter people{ to trap and destroy them}. BSB BSB: For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
10 ARST O God, declare that they are guilty and punish them. Cause to happen to them the harmful events that they plan to cause to happen to others. Get rid of them because they have sinned often, and rebelled against you. BSB 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.
11 ARST But enable all the people who ask you to protect them to be glad; enable them to sing gladly always. Please protect them. Enable everyone who loves it when you are famous to praise you. BSB 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.
12 ARST { I ask this} because Yahweh, you always bless those who act righteously; you protect them as if your good acts are like a shield around them. BSB BSB: For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.