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But as for me,[a] through the abundance of your steadfast love[b]
I will enter your house.[c]
I will bow down[d] toward your holy temple[e] in awe of you.
O Yahweh, lead me in your righteousness because of my enemies;
make straight before me your way.
For there is not anything reliable in his mouth;
their inner part is destruction.[f]
Their throat is an open grave;
with their tongue they speak deceit.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 5:7 Literally “And I”
  2. Psalm 5:7 Or “covenant love”
  3. Psalm 5:7 Or “temple”
  4. Psalm 5:7 Or “I will worship”
  5. Psalm 5:7 Literally “the temple of your holiness”
  6. Psalm 5:9 Hebrew “destructions”
  7. Psalm 5:9 Or “flattery; smooth words”

But I, by your great love,
    can come into your house;
in reverence(A) I bow down(B)
    toward your holy temple.(C)

Lead me, Lord, in your righteousness(D)
    because of my enemies—
    make your way straight(E) before me.
Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
    their heart is filled with malice.
Their throat is an open grave;(F)
    with their tongues they tell lies.(G)

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