Psalms 5:1
Hear my words, Lord: give heed to my whisper.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
In Context
2Attend to my loud cry for help, my king and my God.
Cross References
Psalms 17:1Listen, O Lord, to my innocence; attend to my piercing cry. Give heed to my prayer out of lips unfeigned.
Psalms 54:2Listen, O God, to my prayer, attend to the words of my mouth.
Psalms 64:1Hear, O my God, the voice of my lament: guard my life from the dread of the foe.
Psalms 86:1Incline your ear, Lord, and answer me, for I am afflicted and needy.
1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their prayers, but the face of the Lord is set against those who do wrong.’
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 →