Psalms 5:1
To my words, give ear, O Yahweh, Understand thou my softly murmured prayer:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
In Context
2Attend to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for, unto thee, do I pray.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:13But as for, Hannah, she, was speaking in her heart, only her lips, were moving, but, her voice, could not be heard,—so Eli thought she had been drunken.
Psalms 17:1Hear, O Yahweh, the right, Attend to my loud cry, Give ear unto my prayer, on lips that would not deceive:
Psalms 54:2O God! Hear my prayer, Give ear to the sayings of my mouth;
Psalms 64:1Hear, O God, my voice when I complain, From dread peril by the foe, wilt thou guard my life.
Psalms 86:1Bow down, O Yahweh, thine ear—answer me, For, oppressed and needy, am I;
1 Peter 3:12Because, the eyes of the Lord, are towards the righteous, and his ears, unto their supplication,—Whereas, the face of the Lord, is against them that are doing mischievous things.
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 →