Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 5:1
1Listen to my words, Lord; consider my sighing.
Psalms 5:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.
- New International Version (NIV)Listen to my words, Lord, consider my lament.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Give ear to my words, O Lord; consider my groaning.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Give ear to my words, O Lord, Consider my meditation.
Context of Psalms 5:1
Listen to my words, Lord; consider my sighing. 2Pay attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for I pray to you. 3In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I plead my case to you and watch expectantly.
Read all of Psalms 5Psalms 5:1 word by word
אֲמָרַ֖י הַאֲזִ֥ינָה׀ יְהוָ֗ה בִּ֣ינָה הֲגִֽיגִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 5:1
- Psalms 5:4For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil cannot dwell with you.
- Psalms 5:7But I enter your house by the abundance of your faithful love; I bow down toward your holy temple in reverential awe of you.
- Psalms 5:10Punish them, God; let them fall by their own schemes. Drive them out because of their many crimes, for they rebel against you.
- Psalms 5:11But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them shout for joy forever. May you shelter them, and may those who love your name boast about you.
- Psalms 17:1Lord, hear a just cause; pay attention to my cry; listen to my prayer — from lips free of deceit.
- Psalms 54:2God, hear my prayer; listen to the words from my mouth.
- Psalms 55:1God, listen to my prayer and do not hide from my plea for help.
- Psalms 64:1God, hear my voice when I am in anguish. Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.
- Psalms 80:1Listen, Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; you who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine
- Psalms 86:1Listen, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
- 1 Peter 3:12because the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do what is evil.
- 1 John 5:14This is the confidence we have before him: If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
- Psalms 19:14May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.
- 1 Samuel 1:13Hannah was praying silently, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. Eli thought she was drunk
- Romans 8:26In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.
Commentaries on Psalms 5:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Give ear to my words - This is properly a morning hymn, as the preceding was an evening hymn. We have seen from the conclusion of the last Psalm that David was very happy, and lay down and slept in the peace and love of his God. When he opens his eyes on the following morning, he not only remembers but feels the happiness of which he spoke; and with his first recollections he meditates on the goodness and mercy of God, and the glorious state of salvation…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Give ear to my words, O Lord - We naturally incline the ear toward anyone when we wish to hear distinctly what he says, and we turn away the ear when we do not. The meaning here is, David prayed that God would be attentive to or would regard his prayer. This form of the petition is, that he would attend to his “words” - to what he was about to “express” as his desire. He intended to express only what he wished to be granted. Consider my meditation…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1God will certainly hear prayer: David gives to God the glory, and takes to himself the comfort. (1-6) He prayed for himself, that God would guide him, and for all the Lord's people, that God would give them joy, and keep them safe. (7-12) Verses 1-6 God is a prayer-hearing God. Such he has always been, and he is still as ready to hear prayer as ever. The most encouraging principle of prayer, and the most powerful plea in prayer, is, to look upon him as…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2The phrase give ear to my words appears in several prayers as a call for God's attention during difficult times (Psalms 39:12; 84:8; 143:1; compare Psalms 17:1; 54:2; 130:2). The needy ask their God, “Are you listening?”Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-121. meditation--moanings of that half-uttered form to which deep feeling gives rise--groanings, as in Ro 8:26, 27.Read the comment
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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
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