Give ear unto my words, O Lord

Verse 1

Give ear unto my words, O Lord, my meditation weigh. Hear my loud cry, my King, my God; for I to thee will pray. Lord, thou shalt early hear my voice: I early will direct My prayer to thee; and, looking up, an answer will expect.

Verse 2

For thou art not a God that doth in wickedness delight; Neither shall evil dwell with thee, Nor fools stand in thy sight. All that ill-doers are thou hat'st; Cutt'st off that liars be: The bloody and deceitful man abhorrèd is by thee.

Verse 3

But I into thy house will come in thine abundant grace; And I will worship in thy fear towàrd thy holy place. Because of those mine enemies, Lord, in thy righteousness Do thou me lead; do thou thy way make straight before my face.

Verse 4

For in their mouth there is no truth, their inward part is ill; Their throat's an open sepulchre, their tongue doth flatter still. O God, destroy them; let them be by their own counsel quelled: Them for their many sins cast out, for they 'gainst thee rebelled.

Verse 5

But let all joy that trust in thee, and still make shouting noise; For them thou sav'st: let all that love thy name in thee rejoice. For, Lord, unto the righteous man thou wilt thy blessing yield: With favor thou wilt compass him about, as with a shield.