God’s Word Translation
Psalms 5:1
1Open your ears to my words, O Lord. Consider my innermost thoughts.
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
Open your ears to my words, O Lord. Consider my innermost thoughts. 2Pay attention to my cry for help, my king and my God, because I pray only to you. 3In the morning, O Lord, hear my voice. In the morning I lay my needs in front of you, and I wait.
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אֲמָרַ֖י הַאֲזִ֥ינָה׀ יְהוָ֗ה בִּ֣ינָה הֲגִֽיגִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 5:1
- Psalms 5:4You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness. Evil will never be your guest.
- Psalms 5:7But I will enter your house because of your great mercy. Out of reverence for you, I will bow toward your holy temple.
- Psalms 5:10Condemn them, O God. Let their own schemes be their downfall. Throw them out for their many crimes because they have rebelled against you.
- Psalms 5:11But let all who take refuge in you rejoice. Let them sing with joy forever. Protect them, and let those who love your name triumph in you.
- Psalms 17:1Hear my plea for justice, O Lord. Pay attention to my cry. Open your ears to my prayer, ⌞which comes⌟ from lips free from deceit.
- Psalms 54:2O God, hear my prayer, and open your ears to the words from my mouth.
- Psalms 55:1Open your ears to my prayer, O God. Do not hide from my plea for mercy.
- Psalms 64:1Hear my voice, O God, when I complain. Protect my life from a terrifying enemy.
- Psalms 80:1Open your ears, O Shepherd of Israel, the one who leads ⌞the descendants of⌟ Joseph like sheep, the one who is enthroned over the angels.
- Psalms 86:1Turn your ear ⌞toward me⌟, O Lord. Answer me, because I am oppressed and needy.
- 1 Peter 3:12The Lord’s eyes are on those who do what he approves. His ears hear their prayer. The Lord confronts those who do evil.”
- 1 John 5:14We are confident that God listens to us if we ask for anything that has his approval.
- Psalms 19:14May the words from my mouth and the thoughts from my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord, my rock and my defender.
- 1 Samuel 1:13She was praying silently. Her voice couldn’t be heard; only her lips were moving. Eli thought she was drunk.
- Romans 8:26At the same time the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, because we don’t know how to pray for what we need. But the Spirit intercedes along with our groans that cannot be expressed in words.
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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