Psalm 5:3
New International Version
In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.

New Living Translation
Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly.

English Standard Version
O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.

Berean Standard Bible
In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.

King James Bible
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

New King James Version
My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up.

New American Standard Bible
In the morning, LORD, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will present my prayer to You and be on the watch.

NASB 1995
In the morning, O LORD, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch.

NASB 1977
In the morning, O LORD, Thou wilt hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to Thee and eagerly watch.

Legacy Standard Bible
O Yahweh, in the morning, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch.

Amplified Bible
In the morning, O LORD, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will prepare [a prayer and a sacrifice] for You and watch and wait [for You to speak to my heart].

Christian Standard Bible
In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I plead my case to you and watch expectantly.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At daybreak, LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I plead my case to You and watch expectantly.

American Standard Version
O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
LORD JEHOVAH, at dawn you will hear my voice and at dawn I shall be ready and shall appear before you.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
In the morning thou shalt hear my voice: in the morning will I wait upon thee, and will look up.

Contemporary English Version
Each morning you listen to my prayer, as I bring my requests to you and wait for your reply.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For to thee will I pray: O Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear my voice.

English Revised Version
O LORD, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; in the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
In the morning, O LORD, hear my voice. In the morning I lay my needs in front of you, and I wait.

Good News Translation
you hear my voice in the morning; at sunrise I offer my prayer and wait for your answer.

International Standard Version
LORD, in the morning you will hear my voice; in the morning I will pray to you, and I will watch for your answer.

JPS Tanakh 1917
O LORD, in the morning shalt Thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order my prayer unto Thee, and will look forward.

Literal Standard Version
YHWH, [in] the morning You hear my voice, | [In] the morning I set in array for You, | And I look out [expectantly].

Majority Standard Bible
In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.

New American Bible
in the morning you will hear my voice; in the morning I will plead before you and wait.

NET Bible
LORD, in the morning you will hear me; in the morning I will present my case to you and then wait expectantly for an answer.

New Revised Standard Version
O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I plead my case to you, and watch.

New Heart English Bible
LORD, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and watch.

Webster's Bible Translation
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer to thee, and will look up.

World English Bible
Yahweh, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.

Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah, at morning Thou hearest my voice, At morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Give Ear to My Words
2Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray. 3In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation. 4For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.…

Cross References
Psalm 55:17
Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.

Psalm 59:16
But I will sing of Your strength and proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning. For You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.

Psalm 88:13
But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.

Psalm 119:147
I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.

Psalm 130:5
I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

Isaiah 50:4
The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

Habakkuk 2:1
I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.


Treasury of Scripture

My voice shall you hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer to you, and will look up.

Psalm 22:2
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

Psalm 55:17
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

Psalm 69:16
Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

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Psalm 5
1. David prays, and professes his study in prayer
4. God favors not the wicked
7. David, professing his faith, prays to God to guide him
10. to destroy his enemies
11. and to preserve the godly














(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 leave

To 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. . . .

Verse 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).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
In the morning,
בֹּ֭קֶר (bō·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning

O LORD,
יְֽהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

You hear
תִּשְׁמַ֣ע (tiš·ma‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

my voice;
קוֹלִ֑י (qō·w·lî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

at daybreak
בֹּ֥קֶר (bō·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning

I lay [my plea]
אֶֽעֱרָךְ־ (’e·‘ĕ·rāḵ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6186: To set in a, row, arrange, put in order

before You
לְ֝ךָ֗ (lə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

and wait in expectation.
וַאֲצַפֶּֽה׃ (wa·’ă·ṣap·peh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6822: To lean forward, to peer into the distance, to observe, await


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