Give Ear to My Words 1 UDB Yahweh, listen to me while I pray! Pay attention to me when I am groaning because I am suffering very much. 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 UDB You are my king and my God. When I call to you to request you to help me, listen to me because you are the one to whom I pray. BSB BSB: Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.
3 UDB You listen to me when I pray to you each morning, and I wait for you to reply. BSB BSB: In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
4 UDB You are not a god who is pleased with wicked people; you will never welcome those who do what is evil. BSB BSB: For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.
5 UDB You do not allow those who are proud to come to you to worship you. You hate all those who do evil things. BSB BSB: The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.
6 UDB You get rid of liars, and you despise those who murder others and those who deceive others. BSB BSB: You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
7 UDB Yahweh, because you greatly and faithfully love me, I come into your temple. I have an awesome respect for you and I will bow down 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 UDB Yahweh, because you act righteously toward me, show me what is right for me to do. Because I have many enemies, show me clearly how to live in the right way. BSB BSB: Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.
9 UDB My enemies never say what is true; in their inner beings they want to destroy others. They speak threats of violence and death. They use their tongues to say good things to please people. 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 UDB O God, declare that they are guilty and punish them. Cause them to experience the same disasters that they plan to cause to happen to others. Get rid of them because they have committed many sins, and they have 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 UDB But cause that all those who go to you to be protected will rejoice; cause them to sing joyfully to you forever. Protect those who love you; they are truly happy because of what you do for them. 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 UDB Yahweh, you always bless those who act righteously; you protect them as a soldier protects himself with his shield. 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.