Psalms 5:1
Unto the end. For her who pursues the inheritance. A Psalm of David.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
In Context
2O Lord, listen closely to my words. Understand my outcry.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:13For Hannah was speaking in her heart, and only her lips moved, and her voice was barely heard. Therefore, Eli considered her to be drunk,
Psalms 17:1Unto the end. For David, the servant of the Lord, who spoke the words of this canticle to the Lord, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said:
Psalms 54:2Listen to my prayer, O God, and despise not my supplication.
Psalms 64:1Unto the end. A Psalm of David. A Canticle of Jeremiah and Ezekiel to the people of the captivity, when they began to go into exile.
Psalms 86:1A Canticle Psalm to the sons of Korah. Its foundations are in the holy mountains:
1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are upon the just, and his ears are with their prayers, but the countenance of the Lord is upon those who do evil.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 5:1
The psalm is a prayer, a solemn address to God, at a time when the psalmist was brought into distress by the malice of his enemies. Many such times passed over David, nay, there was scarcely any time of his life to which this psalm may not be accommodated, for in this he was a type of Christ, that he was continually beset with enemies, and his powerful and prevalent appeals to God, when he was so beset, pointed at Christ's dependence on his Father and triumphs over the powers of darkness in the midst of his… Read the whole commentary →