Psalms Chapter 5 verse 3 Holy Bible
O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order `my prayer' unto thee, and will keep watch.
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My voice will come to you in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I send my prayer to you, and keep watch.
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Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; in the morning will I address myself to thee, and will look up.
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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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Hearken to the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for to thee will I pray.
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Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.
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Jehovah, `at' morning Thou hearest my voice, `At' morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out.
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Psalms 5 : 3 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord (compare "At evening, and at morning, and at noonday will I pray, and he shall hear my voice," Psalm 55:17; and see also Psalm 59:16; Psalm 88:13; Psalm 119:147). The appointment of daily morning and evening sacrifice (Numbers 28:4) pointed out morn and eve as times especially appropriate for prayer. A natural instinct suggested the same idea (Job 1:5). In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee. The repetition adds force to the implied injunction (comp. Psalm 130:6). The word translated "direct my prayer" means "arrange" or "set in order," as the priests did the altar before a sacrifice (Leviticus 1:7, 8, 12; Leviticus 6:5; Numbers 28:4). Prayer is viewed as a sort of sacrificial act. And will look up; or, look out - keep on the watch - in expectation of my prayer being granted (see the Revised Version).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) 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 the wood for the sacrifice, or the parts of the offering itself, and suggest that the author may himself have been a priest. The word "offering" should be supplied, instead of "prayer." Henry Vaughan's fine hymn--"When first thine eyes unveil, give thy soul leaveTo do the like"--was probably suggested by this verse.Look up.--The Hebrew is from the root which forms "Mizpeh," or "watch-tower." The psalmist looks up for the answer to his prayer as the seer on his tower (Habakkuk 2:1) looked up for his inspiration. The usual attitude of prayer in the East was then, as now, either standing or prostrate, the hands lifted up or spread out (Exodus 9:33; Psalm 28:2; Psalm 134:2; Psalm 141:2). To raise the eyes was not so usual. Virgil, describing the capture of Cassandra by the Greeks, makes her look up, but only because her hands were bound. . . .
