Psalms 5:1
Give ear to my words, LORD. Consider my meditation.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
In Context
2Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for I pray to you.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:13Now Hannah spoke in her heart. Only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.
Psalms 17:1Hear, LORD, my righteous plea. Give ear to my prayer that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.
Psalms 54:2Hear my prayer, God. Listen to the words of my mouth.
Psalms 64:1Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Psalms 86:1Hear, 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 open 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 →