>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/ps/5?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#07705::c07705) | [Bible Hub](https://biblehub.com/psalms/5.htm) | [Inline JST](https://scripturetoolbox.com/html/ic/Psalms/5.html) | [Strong's](https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/psa/5/1/ss1/) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>The speaker, traditionally believed to be King David, is offering a morning prayer to God, seeking guidance and protection from enemies, and affirming trust in God's justice and blessings for the righteous. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>This chapter is like a prayer where someone is asking God to listen to them and help them be good, while also saying that God doesn't like bad things. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>The chapter is a prayer to God, asking Him to listen and guide the speaker in righteousness, away from wickedness and deceit. It contrasts the fate of the wicked, who will not stand in God's sight, with the blessings promised to the righteous who trust in the Lord. The chapter emphasizes God's disdain for evil and His protection of those who love and trust Him. > >#Gospel/Prayer #Gospel/Righteousness #Gospel/TrustInGod ###### 1 1 Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation. ###### 2 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. ###### 3 3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. ###### 4 4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. ###### 5 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. ###### 6 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. ###### 7 7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. ###### 8 8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. ###### 9 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. ###### 10 10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. ###### 11 11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. ###### 12 12 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.