Psalms 5:1
{To the chief Musician. Upon Nehiloth. A Psalm of David.} Give ear to my words, O Jehovah; consider my meditation.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
In Context
2Hearken unto the voice of my crying, my king and my God; for to thee will I pray.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:13Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard; and Eli thought she was drunken.
Psalms 17:1{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.
Psalms 54:2O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth.
Psalms 64:1{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:
Psalms 86:1{A Prayer of David.} Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me; for I am afflicted and needy.
1 Peter 3:12because [the] eyes of [the] Lord [are] on [the] righteous, and his ears towards their supplications; but [the] face of [the] Lord [is] against them that 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 →