Prayer for Guidance
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.
4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Neither shall evil dwell with thee.
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.
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.
8 Lead me, O Lord , in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.
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.
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.
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.
