Psalms 5:1
“For the leader of the music; to be accompanied with wind instruments. A psalm of David.” Give ear to my words, O LORD; Have regard to my cry!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
In Context
2Listen to the voice of my supplication, my King and my God! For to thee do I address my prayer.
Cross References
Psalms 17:1“A psalm of David.” Hear the righteous cause, O LORD! Attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer from lips without deceit!
Psalms 54:2O God! hear my prayer, Give ear to the words of my mouth!
Psalms 64:1“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” Hear my voice, O God! when I pray! Preserve my life from the terrors of the enemy!
Psalms 86:1“A prayer of David.” Incline thine ear, O LORD! and hear me, For I am poor and distressed!
1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are toward their supplication; 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 →