Psalms 5:1

Give ear to my words, O Lord, for the purpose of answering his prayer speedily; consider my meditation, hearing his sighs, his gentle complaints.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 5:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

:Title Upon Nehiloth - The title of Psalms 4:1-8 is, “upon Neginoth.” As that refers to a musical instrument, so it is probable that this doe...
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Give 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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

"To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David." Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my (a) meditation. (a) That is, my vehement prayer a...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

V. A Hymn for Morning Sacrifice in the Temple. Psalms 5:1-3 . Solemn invocation of Yahweh. The Psalmist sets in order ( Psalms 5:3 ), not perhaps...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Title. . Psalm. See App-65. Give ear... Consider... LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. meditation. Connecting this Psalm with Psalms 1:2 ; Ps...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

I presume not positively to determine whether David, in this psalm, bewails the wrongs which he suffered from his enemies at some particular ti...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. Give ear to my words - This is properly...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

David prayeth, and professeth his study in prayer. God favoureth not the wicked. David, professing his faith, prayeth unto God to guide him, to dest...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Give ear to my words O LORD consider my meditation Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. Title. - Upon Nehiloth , х 'el...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

My meditation ] the thoughtful desire of the heart which hardly finds expression in words. It is in contrast with the 'cry' of Psalms 5:2 .
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is a morning prayer before going to the sanctuary. The chief difficulty in ascribing it to David lies in the reference ( Psalms 5:7 ) to 'thy ho...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Meditation. — From a root cognate with the word translated meditate in Psalms 1:2 , with primary sense of mutter or murmur. Here “whispered pr...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 5:1-12 THE reference to the temple in Psalms 5:7 is not conclusive against the Davidic authorship of this psalm, since the same word is a...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Protection from the Wicked Psalms 5:1-12 The ordering of prayer is very necessary, Genesis 22:9 . Our Lord's prayer should be our model. Oft...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is another song of the morning. It opens with language which reveals the reason of the soul's assurance as it faces another day. First are petit...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The Psalmist is here at his devotions. If David in the first instance of the petitions had an eye to his own personal persecutions, yet, th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If we consider the Lord Jesus in these addresses as the representative of his church and people, we not only heighten the several expressions made us...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Give ear to my words, O Lord ,.... Meaning not his words in common conversation, but in prayer; the words which came out of his mouth, and were audi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 5:1 «To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. » Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. Ver. 1. To the chief...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Consider my meditation That is, my prayer, as the foregoing and following words show. He calls his prayer his meditation, to signify that it was no...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer for Guidance and Protection. To the chief musician upon Nehiloth. A...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PSALM 5 Nehiloth: this is no where else used in Scripture. It is generally and probably thought to be a term belonging to music, and to signify eit...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Give ear to my words, O YHWH, Consider my meditation. Hearken to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, For to you do I pray. O YHWH in the mo...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “A morning prayer of David, appealing to God as his king, against whose sovereignty his own enemies were really in rebellion.”— Kay . “...
Scofield Reference Notes

Nehiloth Nehiloth is not a musical instrument, but means "inheritance," and indicates the character of the Psalm. The righteous are the Lord's...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 5 This Psalm is peculiar in setting forth the characteristics of prayer in general. I. In the first and second verses we have a suggestion...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 5:1 . Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. Sometimes we pray right off, as David did when he cried to the Lord, «Hear me...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 5:6 . Leasing; a Gothic and primitive word equivalent to falsehood. They professed loyalty to the king, but were traitors in heart, as in...
The Biblical Illustrator

Give ear to my words, O Lord. The inward and outward sides of the Divine life The Psalm falls into two main parts-- Psalms 5:1-7 , and Psalms...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm is assigned by some to the time of Manasseh, but contains nothing that is really opposed to the superscription—"A Psalm...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 5:14 ; 1 John 5:15 ; 1 Peter 3:12 ; 1 Samuel 1:13 ; 1 Samuel 1:16 ; Psalms 17:1 ; Psalms 19:14 ; Psalms 54:2 ; Psalms 55:1 ; Psalms...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Meditation — My prayer accompanied with deep thoughts and fervent affections of soul.

¹ Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 5:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 5:1