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1
To the victor, for◦ the nechiloth1; a psalm of◦ David.
Give··ear··to my sayings, O Jehovah,Understand my meditating.
2
Attend to the voice of my outcry, my King and my God;For to▵ Thee do I pray.
3
O Jehovah, in the morning shalt Thou hear my voice;In the morning I will array myself2 for Thee, and will watch.
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For Thou◦ art not a God◦ delighting··in wickedness;Evil sojourns· not ·with Thee.
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They who praise··themselves shall not stand··forth before◦ Thine eyes;Thou hatest all workers of iniquity◦.
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Thou wilt make· those ·perish who speak a lie;Jehovah abominates a man◦ of bloods3 and deceit.
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But I◦, in the multitude of Thy mercy, I will come··into Thy house;In Thy fear I will worship toward▵ the temple of Thy holiness.
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O Jehovah, lead me in Thy justice because··of◦ my foes;Make Thy way straight before me.
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For there is· nothing◦ ·righteous◦ in the mouth of anyone4;Their inward··part is calamities.Their throat is an open grave;They flatter5 with their tongue.
10
Hold· them ·as··guilty, O God;Let them fall from their own counsels;In the multitude of their transgressions expel them,For they have rebelled against◦ Thee.
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But all those who confide in Thee will be··glad;To eternity will they sing··aloud,And Thou wilt shelter them.And they who love Thy name will triumph◦ in Thee,
12
For Thou◦ wilt bless the just one, O Jehovah;Thou wilt encompass him with good··pleasure as a buckler.
1musical instruments (see AC 8337:5), perhaps like flutes
2as in AE 179:10
3Explaining Genesis 4:10-11, the Arcana Coelestia comments, “‘Bloods’ are mentioned in the plural, because all unjust and abominable things gush forth from hatred” (n. 374:3).
4literally, “him” (but see AE 313:14 and elsewhere)
5as in AE 622:9 and elsewhere, but “speak smooth things” in AC 3527:3
