Psalms 5:1
Listen to my words, O Lord, + 5:1 Lit. understand. attend to my cry. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
In Context
2Attend to the voice of my supplication, my King, and my God: for to you, O Lord, will I pray. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:13And she was speaking in her heart, and her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: and Heli accounted her a drunken woman.
Psalms 17:1I will love you, O Lord, my strength. 1
Psalms 54:2Attend to me, and listen to me: I was grieved in my meditation, and troubled; 1
Psalms 64:1Praise becomes you, O God, in Sion; and to you shall the vow be performed. 1
Psalms 86:1His 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 →