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Lead Me in Your Righteousness

^1 (C1)Give ear to my words, O Yahweh,
Consider my ^(C2)meditation.

² Give heed to ^(C1)the sound of my cry for help, ^(C2)my King and my God,
For to You I pray.

³ O Yahweh, in the morning, ^(F1)You will hear my voice;
In the ^(C1)morning I will order my ^(F2)prayer to You and eagerly ^(C2)watch.

⁴ For You are not a God ^(C1)who delights in wickedness;
^(C2)Evil does not sojourn with You.

⁵ The ^(C1)boastful shall not ^(C2)stand before Your eyes;
You ^(C3)hate all workers of iniquity.

⁶ You ^(C1)destroy those who speak falsehood;
Yahweh abhors ^(C2)the man of bloodshed and deceit.

⁷ But as for me, ^(C1)in the abundance of Your lovingkindness I will enter Your house,
^(F1)At Your holy temple I will ^(C2)worship in ^(C3)fear of You.

⁸ O Yahweh, ^(C1)lead me ^(C2)in Your righteousness ^(C3)because of ^(F1)my foes;
Make Your way ^(F2)straight before me.

⁹ There is ^(C1)nothing ^(F1)reliable in their mouth;
Their ^(C2)inward part is destruction itself.
Their ^(C3)throat is an open grave;
They ^(F2)flatter with their tongue.

¹⁰ Hold them guilty, O God;
^(C1)By their own devices let them fall!
In the abundance of their transgressions ^(C2)thrust them out,
For they are ^(C3)rebellious against You.

¹¹ But let all who ^(C1)take refuge in You ^(C2)be glad,
Let them ever sing for joy;
And ^(F1)may You ^(C3)shelter them,
That those who ^(C4)love Your name may exult in You.

¹² For it is You who ^(C1)blesses the righteous one, O Yahweh,
You ^(C2)surround him with favor as with a large shield.