Psalm 4-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 4
A Night Prayer
For the choir director: with stringed instruments.(A) A Davidic psalm.
1 Answer me when I call,
God, who vindicates me.[a](B)
You freed me from affliction;(C)
be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
2 How long, exalted men, will my honor be insulted?(D)
How long will you love what is worthless(E)
and pursue a lie?
3 Know that the Lord has set apart
the faithful for Himself;
the Lord will hear when I call to Him.
4 Be angry[b] and do not sin;(F)
on your bed, reflect in your heart and be still.(G)
5 Offer sacrifices in righteousness[c](H)
and trust in the Lord.(I)
6 Many are saying, “Who can show us anything good?”
Look on us with favor, Lord.(J)
7 You have put more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and new wine abound.(K)
8 I will both lie down and sleep in peace,(L)
for You alone, Lord, make me live in safety.(M)
Psalm 5
The Refuge of the Righteous
For the choir director: with the flutes. A Davidic psalm.
1 Listen to my words, Lord;
consider my sighing.(N)
2 Pay attention to the sound of my cry,(O)
my King and my God,(P)
for I pray to You.
3 At daybreak,(Q) Lord, You hear my voice;
at daybreak I plead my case to You(R) and watch expectantly.
4 For You are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil cannot dwell with You.(S)
5 The boastful cannot stand in Your presence;(T)
You hate all evildoers.(U)
6 You destroy those who tell lies;(V)
the Lord abhors a man of bloodshed and treachery.(W)
7 But I enter Your house
by the abundance of Your faithful love;(X)
I bow down toward Your holy temple
in reverential awe of You.(Y)
8 Lord, lead me in Your righteousness(Z)
because of my adversaries;[d]
make Your way straight before me.(AA)
9 For there is nothing reliable in what they say;[e](AB)
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.(AC)
10 Punish them, God;
let them fall by their own schemes.(AD)
Drive them out(AE) because of their many crimes,
for they rebel against You.(AF)
11 But let all who take refuge in You rejoice;(AG)
let them shout for joy forever.
May You shelter them,(AH)
and may those who love Your name boast about You.(AI)
12 For You, Lord, bless the righteous one;
You surround him with favor like a shield.(AJ)
Psalm 6
A Prayer for Mercy
For the choir director: with stringed instruments, according to Sheminith.(AK) A Davidic psalm.
1 Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger;
do not discipline me in Your wrath.(AL)
2 Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am weak;[f](AM)
heal me,(AN) Lord, for my bones are shaking;(AO)
3 my whole being is shaken with terror.(AP)
And You, Lord—how long?(AQ)
4 Turn, Lord! Rescue me;
save me because of Your faithful love.(AR)
5 For there is no remembrance of You in death;
who can thank You in Sheol?(AS)
6 I am weary from my groaning;(AT)
with my tears I dampen my pillow[g]
and drench my bed every night.(AU)
7 My eyes are swollen from grief;(AV)
they[h] grow old because of all my enemies.
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