1(For the one directing. For the flutes. Mizmor Dovid)

2Give ear to my words, Hashem,
consider my meditation.

3Pay heed unto the voice of my cry, Malki v'Elohai;
for unto Thee will I daven.

4My voice shalt Thou hear in the boker, Hashem;
in the boker will I bring my prayer before Thee as a spiritual sacrifice and wait for an answer.

5For Thou art not El that hath pleasure in resha;
neither shall rah dwell with Thee.

6The holelim (arrogant) shall not stand in Thy sight;
Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

7Thou shalt destroy them that speak kazav (falsehood);
Hashem will abhor the ish damim u'mirmah (bloody and deceitful man).

8But as for me, I will come
into Thy Bais in the multitude of Thy chesed;
and in Thy fear will I bow down
toward Thy Heikhal Kodesh.

9Lead me, Hashem, in Thy tzedakah
because of mine enemies;
make Thy Derech straight before my face.

10For there is nothing trustworthy in their mouth;
their inwardness is a corruptible abyss;
their throat is an open kever;
they speak smooth deceit with their leshon.

11Punish them, Elohim;
let them fall by their own intrigues;
in the multitude of their peysha'im cast them out;
for they have rebelled against Thee.

12But let all those that take refuge in Thee rejoice;
let them shout for joy l'olam,
and spread Thou protection over them that they be joyful in Thee,
who love Shemecha (Thy Name).

13For Thou, Hashem, wilt bless the Tzaddik;
with ratzon (favor) wilt Thou encompass him as with a tzinnah (large rectangular shield).