5 (F). PRAYER IN VIEW OF PSALM 2 (MORNING). (Repeated Alteration.)

F L       1-3 Prayer to Jehovah.
            1. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
            2. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
            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.
    M     4 "For" : Reason. Character of Jehovah.
            4. For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
      N   5,6 The lawless and their wickedness.
            5. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
            6. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
        O 7 "But" : The true worshippers. (Shemïnïth.)
            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.
  L       8 Prayer to Jehovah.
            8. Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
    M     9 "For" : Reason. Character of the wicked.
            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.
      N   10 The wicked and their judgement.
            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.
        O 11,12 "But" : The true worshippers. (Shemïnïth.)
            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. For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.