Lead Me in Your Righteousness

To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David.

¹Give ear to my words, O Lord;

consider my ugroaning.

²Give attention to the sound of my cry,

my vKing and my God,

for wto you do I pray.

³O Lord, in xthe morning you hear my voice;

in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you1 and ywatch.

⁴For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;

evil may not dwell with you.

⁵The zboastful shall not astand before your eyes;

you bhate all evildoers.

⁶You destroy those who speak clies;

the Lord abhors dthe bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

⁷But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,

will enter your house.

I will ebow down ftoward your gholy temple

in the fear of you.

⁸hLead me, O Lord, in your righteousness

because of my enemies;

imake your way straight before me.

⁹For there is no truth in their mouth;

their inmost self is jdestruction;

ktheir throat is lan open grave;

they mflatter with their tongue.

¹⁰nMake them bear their guilt, O God;

let them ofall by their own counsels;

because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out,

for they have rebelled against you.

¹¹But let all who ptake refuge in you qrejoice;

let them ever sing for joy,

and spread your protection over them,

that those who love your name may rexult in you.

¹²For you sbless the righteous, O Lord;

you tcover him with favor as with ua shield.