Psalms 5:3

Psalms 5:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
• New International Version (NIV)In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.
• English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up.

Context of Psalms 5:3

1Give ear to my words, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation. 2Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; For unto thee do I pray. O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch. 4For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee. 5The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight: Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

Psalms 5:3 word by word

יְֽהוָ֗ה בֹּ֭קֶר תִּשְׁמַ֣ע קוֹלִ֑י בֹּ֥קֶר אֶֽעֱרָךְ־לְ֝ךָ֗ וַאֲצַפֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

• voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963

Cross-references for Psalms 5:3

• Psalms 22:2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
• Psalms 55:17Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.
• Psalms 69:16Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.
• Psalms 88:13But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
• Psalms 119:147I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.
• Psalms 130:6My soul waiteth for the Lord More than watchmen wait for the morning; Yea, more thanwatchmen for the morning.
• Isaiah 26:9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
• Mark 1:35And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.

Commentaries on Psalms 5:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3My voice shalt thou hear in the morning - We find from this that he had not prayed in vain. He had received a blessed answer; God had lifted upon him the light of his countenance, and he therefore determines to be an early applicant at the throne of grace: "My voice shalt thou hear in the morning." He finds it good to begin the day with God; to let Divine things occupy the first place in his waking thoughts; as that which first occupies the mind on…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord - The voice of prayer. Compare the notes at Psalm 3:5. Probably he refers here to a general habit of praying in the morning, though he makes a particular reference to his circumstances at that time. Compare Psalm 55:17. The psalmist felt, doubtless, that while it was a general duty and privilege to call upon God with the return of each morning, there was a special reason for it in the circumstances in which…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The psalmist starts and ends each day with prayer, looking for new signs of God's faithfulness and goodness (Psalm 143:8). wait in expectation: The psalmist does not demand God's grace but hopes for it (see Micah 7:7; Habakkuk 2:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. direct--literally, "set in order," as the showbread was placed or set in order (Ex 40:23).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 5:3

• Prayer
• Prayerfulness
• Rising

In the dictionaries

• Compass
• Nehiloth
• Wickedness
• Music
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• Psalms, Book of
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Commentaries on Psalms 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings