Lead Me in Your Righteousness
To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David.
1 Give ear to my words, O Lord;
consider my [Ps. 39:3]groaning.
2 Give attention to the sound of my cry,
my Ps. 84:3King and my God,
for Ps. 65:2to you do I pray.
3 O Lord, in Ps. 88:13;119:147;130:6the morning you hear my voice;
in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you5:3 Or I direct my prayer to you and [Hab. 2:1]watch.
4 For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil may not dwell with you.
5 The Ps. 73:3;75:4;[Hab. 1:13] boastful shall not See Ps. 1:5stand before your eyes;
you Ps. 11:5hate all evildoers.
6 You destroy those who speak [Ps. 4:2]; Rev. 21:8; 22:15lies;
the Lord abhors Ps. 55:23the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
7 But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,
will enter your house.
I will Ps. 132:7bow down 1 Kgs. 8:29,30toward your Ps. 11:4;79:1holy temple
in the fear of you.
8 [Ps. 23:3;25:4,5] Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness
because of my enemies;
[Ezra 8:21]make your way straight before me.
9 For there is no truth in their mouth;
their inmost self is Ps. 52:2destruction;
Cited Rom. 3:13their throat is Jer. 5:16an open grave;
they Ps. 12:2;Prov. 2:16;7:5flatter with their tongue.
10 [Isa. 24:6] Make them bear their guilt, O God;
let them [2 Sam. 15:31;17:14,23]fall by their own counsels;
because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out,
for they have rebelled against you.
11 But let all who Ps. 2:12take refuge in you Ps. 33:21rejoice;
let them ever sing for joy,
and spread your protection over them,
that those who love your name may [Ps. 9:2;1 Sam. 2:1]exult in you.
12 For you Ps. 115:13bless the righteous, O Lord;
you [Ps. 103:4] cover him with favor as with [Ps. 35:2]a shield.