Psalms 5:1
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
King James Version
In Context
2Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:13Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
Psalms 17:1Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
Psalms 54:2Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
Psalms 64:1Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Psalms 86:1Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that 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 →