New International Version
Psalms 5:1
1Listen to my words, Lord, consider my lament.
Psalms 5:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)O Lord, hear me as I pray; pay attention to my groaning.
Context of Psalms 5:1
Listen to my words, Lord, consider my lament. 2Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. 3In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.
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אֲמָרַ֖י הַאֲזִ֥ינָה׀ יְהוָ֗ה בִּ֣ינָה הֲגִֽיגִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 5:1
- Psalms 5:4For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness; with you, evil people are not welcome.
- Psalms 5:7But I, by your great love, can come into your house; in reverence I bow down toward your holy temple.
- Psalms 5:10Declare them guilty, O God! Let their intrigues be their downfall. Banish them for their many sins, for they have rebelled against you.
- Psalms 5:11But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
- Psalms 17:1Hear me, Lord, my plea is just; listen to my cry. Hear my prayer— it does not rise from deceitful lips.
- Psalms 54:2Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.
- Psalms 55:1Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea;
- Psalms 64:1Hear me, my God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy.
- Psalms 80:1Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
- Psalms 86:1Hear me, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
- 1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
- 1 John 5:14This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
- Psalms 19:14May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
- 1 Samuel 1:13Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk
- Romans 8:26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
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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