Psalm 5:1
“Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 5Meaning
The first petition asks the Lord to listen and to consider. The parallel terms widen prayer beyond polished sentences: David brings intelligible words and the inward murmur or meditation accompanying them. This beginning does not praise vagueness; it presents the whole burden honestly before the God who hears. The verse belongs with verses 1–3, where speech, cry, ordered prayer, and watchful waiting form one movement.
Words, groaning, and morning watch
The opening moves from spoken words and inward meditation to ordered morning prayer and watchful expectation.
Read carefully
The verse welcomes inward meditation, but the psalm also speaks, cries, orders prayer, waits, worships, and asks for a straight path.
Reflection
State what you can clearly, then entrust the unfinished thoughts and groaning to God instead of pretending to possess perfect language.