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Psalm 5:3 KJV
Psalms · chapter 5 · verse 3
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.Psalm 5:3 · King James Version
What Psalm 5:3 means
In the morning twice, so it isn't an accident of schedule. Direct is a deliberate word — he aims the prayer rather than drifting into it. And will look up is the part that follows praying: David expects an answer and watches for it.
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Psalm 5:3 in context
1Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
2Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
3My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
4For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
5The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
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Key words (Strong's)
- morningbôqerproperly, dawnH1242 →
- directʻârakto set in a rowH6186 →
- voiceqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
- hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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The title of this psalm has nothing in it peculiar but that it is said to be upon Nehiloth, a word nowhere else used. It is conjectured (and it is but a conjecture) that is signifies wind - instruments, with which this psalm was sung, as Neginoth was supposed to signify the stringed - instruments.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6