Psalms 5:1
To him that excelleth upon Nehiloth. A Psalme of Dauid. Heare my wordes, O Lord: vnderstande my meditation.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
In Context
2Hearken vnto the voyce of my crie, my King and my God: for vnto thee doe I pray.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:13For Hannah spake in her heart: her lips did moue onely, but her voyce was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had bene drunken.
Psalms 17:1The prayer of Dauid. Heare the right, O Lord, consider my crye: hearken vnto my prayer of lips vnfained.
Psalms 54:2O God, heare my prayer: hearken vnto the wordes of my mouth.
Psalms 64:1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Heare my voyce, O God, in my prayer: preserue my life from feare of the enemie.
Psalms 86:1A prayer of David. Incline thine eare, O Lord, and heare me: for I am poore and needy.
1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are ouer the righteous, and his eares are open vnto their prayers: and the face of the Lord is against them that do euil.
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 →