Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 5:3
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct [my prayer] unto thee, and will (b) look up.
(b) Or wait, with patience and trust till I am heard.
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct [my prayer] unto thee, and will (b) look up.
(b) Or wait, with patience and trust till I am heard.
Verse Psalms 5:3. _MY 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_...
:Title UPON NEHILOTH - The title of Psalms 4:1 is, “upon Neginoth.” As that refers to a musical instrument, so it is probable that this does, and that the idea here is that this psalm was intended par...
MY VOICE SHALT THOU HEAR IN THE MORNING, O LORD - The voice of prayer. Compare the notes at Psalms 3:5. Probably he refers here to a general habit of praying in the morning, though he makes a particul...
Psalms 5 _ 1.The cry to God the King (Psalms 5:1)_ 2. Hating iniquity and trusting in mercy (Psalms 5:4) 3. Prayer for guidance and judgment (Psalms 5:8
V. A HYMN FOR MORNING SACRIFICE IN THE TEMPLE. Psalms 5:1. Solemn invocation of Yahweh. The Psalmist sets in order (Psalms 5:3), not perhaps his prayer (RV), but his sacrifice, the victim and the kind...
DIRECT. set in order (as the wood on the altar). Compare Genesis 22:9; Exodus 40:4; Exodus 40:23. LOOK UP. look out, or watch for [an answer]....
PSALMS 5 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Morning Prayer for Deliverance from Conspirators. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 5:1-3, Petitions Pleaded to which an Answer is Awaited. Stanza II., Psalms 5:4-6, Jehovah's...
_MY VOICE SHALT THOU HEAR IN THE MORNING, O LORD; IN THE MORNING WILL I DIRECT MY PRAYER UNTO THEE, AND_ _ MY VOICE SHALT THOU HEAR IN THE MORNING, O LORD; IN THE MORNING WILL I DIRECT MY PRAYER UNTO...
5:3 up. (i-22) With the sense of 'waiting,' 'expecting.'...
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 holy temple.' The word means a 'palace,' and is not str...
IN THE MORNING] emphatic and twice repeated. DIRECT] RV 'order,' arrange, perhaps, as a sacrifice (Genesis 22:9; Leviticus 1:7). But see Job 23:4; Job 32:14
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
The daily morning sacrifice sees the Psalmist in the Temple. The word “direct,” or, better, _prepare,_ is the same employed in Leviticus 1:8; Leviticus 1:12; Leviticus 6:12, of the priest laying out t...
_[Psalms 5:4]_ יְֽהוָ֗ה בֹּ֖קֶר תִּשְׁמַ֣ע קֹולִ֑י בֹּ֥קֶר...
Psalms 5:1 THE reference to the temple in Psalms 5:7 is not conclusive against the Davidic authorship of this psalm, since the same word is applied in 1 Samuel 1:9; 1
PROTECTION FROM THE WICKED Psalms 5:1 The _ordering_ of prayer is very necessary, Genesis 22:9. Our Lord's prayer should be our model. Often our _words_ need to be supplemented by our _meditations;_...
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 petitions asking the attention of Jehovah. These are fol...
What a blessed view is here again given of Jesus! The apostle saith he was heard in that he feared. Hebrews 5:7. And what an assurance have all the faithful of being heard, when they are led by his Sp...
The first sentence may also be read in the future tense of the indicative mood, _Thou shalt hear my prayer. _But, in my opinion, the verb is rather in the optative mood, as I have translated it. Havin...
In Psalms 5 the cry of the godly is presented, and the character of God, as necessarily responding to that of the godly, is appealed to as necessitating His hearing him and judging the wicked. If the...
MY VOICE SHALL THOU HEAR IN THE MORNING, O LORD,.... These words may be considered either as expressing the confidence of the psalmist, that the Lord would hear and answer him, and that in the morning...
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct [my prayer] unto thee, and will look up. Ver. 3. _My voice shalt thou hear in the morning_] That fittest season, usually,...
_My voice shalt thou hear in the morning_ That is, early, seasonably, in a time when thou wilt be found, and art ready to hear; or rather, every morning. _As soon as I awake, I am still with thee_, as...
My voice shalt Thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, WILL I DIRECT MY PRAYER UNTO THEE, laying it on the altar as a sacrifice to God, for without true...
MORNING PRAYER BEFORE WORSHIP. To the chief musician, for use in the liturgical service, upon Nehiloth, flutes or wind instruments of the Temple-orchestra, a psalm of David. David was at this time in...
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...
IN THE MORNING; either, 1. Metaphorically, i.e. early, seasonably, in a time when thou wilt be found, and art ready to hear. Or, 2. Properly, every morning. _As soon as I awake_, _I am still with the...
Psalms 5:3 voice H6963 hear H8085 (H8799) morning H1242 LORD H3068 morning H1242 direct H6186 (H8799) up...
‘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 morning you will hear my voice, In the morning I wil...
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 of the variety of prayer. (1) "Give ear to my _words...
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 when I call.» At other times, we sit down to meditate...
CONTENTS: David's prayer in which he extols God's holiness and asks judgment upon the wicked. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Prayer should be both the key of the morning and the bolt of the eve...
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 Psalms 5:9. Psalms 5:9. _Their throat is an open sepu...
_In the morning will I direct my prayer unto Thee._ HOW GO BEGIN EVERY DAY WITH GOD I. The good work itself that we are to do. To pray. A duty dictated by the light and law of nature, but which the...
_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, and Psalms 5:8. The inward comes first; for communion with God in the...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 5:1. This individual lament from David is the first psalm that prays for the downfall of one’s enemies. Such Psalms relate to situations where one is faced with bloodthirsty...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 5:3 I PREPARE A SACRIFICE FOR YOU. The mention of the MORNING, and of the Lord’s house (v. Psalms 5:7), suggests this is describ
INTRODUCTION “A morning prayer of David, appealing to God as his king, against whose sovereignty his own enemies were really in rebellion.”—_Kay_. “This psalm must have been composed at Jerusalem, sin...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm is assigned by some to the time of Manasseh, but contains nothing that is really opposed to the superscription—"A Psalm of David"—since, before the temple was built, the tabernac...
Psa 5:1-12 is a prayer of the morning. Psalms 4:1-8 was the prayer of the evening, and now for the morning. Give ear unto my words, O LORD; consider my meditation. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my...
Isaiah 26:9; Mark 1:35; Psalms 119:147; Psalms 130:6; Psalms 22:2;...
Morning — Every morning. As soon as I wake, I am still with thee, as he saith, Psalms 139:18. The first thing that I do is to pray to thee....