Psalms 5:3
in Psalms 5In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch.
KJV
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
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This verse in Psalms 5
Commentary
3 notes on this verseIn the morning I shall stand before Thee, and I shall see. See the order. In the morning, not in the evening, not in darkness, but in the morning. In the morning I shall stand before Thee: I shall stand firmly, and I shall imitate Moses. In the morning I shall stand before Thee: before Thee I shall stand, not before another. But when it is morning, and I have stood, and I have stood before Thee, then I shall deserve to see Thee.
This site's exposition
Give ear to my words
on Psalms 5:1-3
Gill read the cry of verse 2 as more than groaning or words, the loud outcry of a man in great distress. In verse 3 the verb behind lay my plea means to set things out in order, and the verb behind wait means to lean forward and watch. The Hebrew says morning twice.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Observe, this is not so much a prayer as a resolution, " 'My voice shalt thou hear;' I will not be dumb, I will not be silent, I will not withhold my speech, I will cry to thee for the fire that dwells within compels me to pray." We can sooner die than live without prayer. None of God's children are possessed with a dumb devil. "In the morning." This is the fittest time for intercourse with God. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Give ear to my words, O Lord when I have strength to ask before You and, when I have no strength to pray before You and the worry is confined to my heart.. consider my meditation Heb. בינה. Consider the meditation of my heart.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְֽהוָ֗ה | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בֹּ֭קֶר | boker | morning | H1242 → | 214 times |
| תִּשְׁמַ֣ע | tishma' | you hear | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| קוֹלִ֑י | koli | voice my | H6963 → | 506 times |
| בֹּ֥קֶר | boker | morning | H1242 → | 214 times |
| אֶֽעֱרָךְ־ | ʾeerokh- | I arrange | H6186 → | 74 times |
| לְ֝ךָ֗ | lekha | for you | ||
| וַאֲצַפֶּֽה׃ | vaatzapeh | so I may watch | H6822 → | 36 times |
יְֽהוָ֗הO Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בֹּ֭קֶרmorning
bokerH1242 →214 times
תִּשְׁמַ֣עyou hear
tishma'H8085 →1159 times
קוֹלִ֑יvoice my
koliH6963 →506 times
בֹּ֥קֶרmorning
bokerH1242 →214 times
אֶֽעֱרָךְ־I arrange
ʾeerokh-H6186 →74 times
לְ֝ךָ֗for you
lekha
וַאֲצַפֶּֽה׃so I may watch
vaatzapehH6822 →36 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Mark 1:35Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray.
it leads to
- Ephesians 6:18
Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Luke 6:12
In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
- Luke 5:16
Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.
- Luke 22:39–46
Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.
- John 6:15
Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.
- Ephesians 6:18
Through
Psalms 55:17Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
it leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17
Pray without ceasing.
- Psalms 141:2
May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17
Through
Psalms 119:147I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
it leads to
- Mark 1:35
Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Mark 1:35
Where this verse is studied
About Psalms
This page draws on Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 1; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Psalms; Jerome, Homily 2, on Psalm 5 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.