| New King James Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1To the Chief Musician. With flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, Consider my meditation. | 1For the choir director: with the flutes. A Davidic psalm. Listen to my words, LORD; consider my sighing. |
| 2Give heed to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, For to You I will pray. | 2Pay attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for I pray to You. |
| 3My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up. | 3At daybreak, LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I plead my case to You and watch expectantly. |
| 4For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with You. | 4For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil cannot dwell with You. |
| 5The boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity. | 5The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all evildoers. |
| 6You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. | 6You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors a man of bloodshed and treachery. |
| 7But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy; In fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple. | 7But I enter Your house by the abundance of Your faithful love; I bow down toward Your holy temple in reverential awe of You. |
| 8Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; Make Your way straight before my face. | 8 LORD, lead me in Your righteousness because of my adversaries; make Your way straight before me. |
| 9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open tomb; They flatter with their tongue. | 9For there is nothing reliable in what they say; destruction is within them; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongues. |
| 10Pronounce them guilty, O God! Let them fall by their own counsels; Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions, For they have rebelled against You. | 10Punish them, God; let them fall by their own schemes. Drive them out because of their many crimes, for they rebel against You. |
| 11But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You. | 11But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them shout for joy forever. May You shelter them, and may those who love Your name boast about You. |
| 12For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield. | 12For You, LORD, bless the righteous one; You surround him with favor like a shield. |
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