O Jehovah, Hear My Words (Couch)

O Je­ho­vah

hear my words

And my me­di­ta­tion weigh;

Hear my cry

my king

my God

For to Thee

O Lord

I’ll pray.

In the morn­ing

Lord

my voice

Thou shalt hear in sup­pli­ant cries;

In the morn­ing

Lord

to Thee

I will lift my wait­ing eyes.

Thou

Je­ho­vah

art a God

Who in sin can­not de­light;

Evil shall not dwell with Thee

Nor shall fools stand in Thy sight.

Evil-doers Thou dost hate

Liars all de­stroyed shall be;

Men of blood and of deceit

Ever are ab­horred by Thee.

But in Thy abun­dant grace

To Thy house will I draw near;

To Thy ho­ly tem­ple

Lord

I will look

and bow in fear.

Lead me in Thy right­eous­ness;

Evermore my steps main­tain;

And be­cause of watch­ful foes

Make Thy way be­fore me plain.

In their mouth there is no truth

All their heart is full of wrong

Like an op­en grave their throat;

And they flat­ter with their tongue.

Let trans­gress­ors be de­stroyed

In their sins by Thee ex­pelled;

By their coun­sels let them fall

For against Thee they re­belled.

But let all in Thee who trust

Ever glad and joy­ful be;

Let them joy who love Thy name

Safely guard­ed

Lord

by Thee.

For Je­ho­vah to the just

Will abun­dant bless­ings yield

And with fa­vor com­pass him

Safely round as with a shield.