Psalms 5:1
Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
In Context
2Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:13Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk
Psalms 17:1Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
Psalms 54:2Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.
Psalms 64:1Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
Psalms 86:1Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against 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 →