Psalms 5:1
For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning her that inherits. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
In Context
2Hearken to my words, O Lord, 1 Attend to my cry. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:13And she was speaking in her heart, and her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: and Eli accounted her a drunken woman.
Psalms 17:1For the end, a Psalm of David the servant of the Lord; the words which he spoke to the Lord, even the words of this Song, in the day in which the Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: and he said: 1
Psalms 54:2Hearken, O God, to my prayer; 1 And disregard not my supplication. 1
Psalms 64:1For the end, a Psalm and Song of David. 1
Psalms 86:1A Psalm of a Song for the sons of Korah. 1 His foundations are in the holy mountains. 1
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 →