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Psalms 5:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.


Psalms 5:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 5:25 words
HebrewMeaning
אֲמָרַ֖/יʾămāray
words mynounH561
appointed unto him · saying · speech · word
הַאֲזִ֥ינָ/הhaʾăziynāh
give ear to !verbH238
hear. See
יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
בִּ֣ינָ/הbiynāh
consider !verbH995
consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···
הֲגִֽיגִ/יhăgiygiy
sighing mynounH1901
musing
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 5:2

1. The title of the Psalm is, “For her who receives the inheritance.” The Church then is signified, who receives for her inheritance eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ; that she may possess God Himself, in cleaving to whom she may be blessed, according to that, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth.” Matthew 5:5 What earth, but that of which it is said, “You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living”? And again more clearly, “The Lord is the…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 5 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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