O Je-ho-vah, hear my words,
To my thoughts at-ten-tive be;
Hear my cry, my King, my God,
I will make my prayer to Thee.
With the morn-ing light, O Lord,
Thou shalt hear my voice a-rise,
And ex-pec-tant I will bring
Prayer as morn-ing sac-ri-fice.
Thou, Je-ho-vah, art a God
Who de-light-est not in sin;
E-vil shall not dwell with Thee,
Nor the proud Thy fa-vor win.
E-vil-do-ers Thou dost hate,
Ly-ing tongues Thou wilt de-feat;
God ab-hors the man who loves
Vi-o-lence and base de-ceit.
In the ful-ness of Thy grace
To Thy house I will re-pair;
Bow-ing toward Thy ho-ly place,
In Thy fear to wor-ship there.
Lead me in Thy right-eous-ness,
Let my foes as-sail in vain;
Lest my feet be turned a-side,
Make Thy way be-fore me plain.
False and faith-less are my foes,
In their mouth no truth is found;
Dead-ly are the words they speak,
All their thoughts with sin a-bound.
Bring, O God, their plans to naught,
Hold them guilt-y in Thy sight,
For a-gainst Thee and Thy law
They have set them-selves to fight.
O let all that trust Thy care
Ev-er glad and joy-ful be;
Let them joy who love Thy name,
Safe-ly guard-ed, Lord, by Thee.
For a bless-ing from Thy store
To the right-eous Thou wilt yield;
Thou wilt com-pass him a-bout
With Thy fa-vor as a shield.