Psalm 5:1

 Psalm 5:1

[[To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.]] Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

a. NASB 1995: For the choir director; for flute accompaniment. A Psalm of David.

Give ear to my words, O LORD, Consider my [fn]groaning.  [New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.]

b. NKJV: To the Chief Musician. With flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, Consider my meditation.  [Scripture quotations marked "NKJV" are taken from the New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.]

c. Classic Amplified Bible: To the Chief Musician; on wind instruments. A Psalm of David.

1 Listen to my words, O Lord, give heed to my sighing and groaning.  [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

d. Tehillim/Psalms: For the Conductor; on the Nechilos. A song of David. To my sayings give ear, HASHEM, perceive my thoughts.  [THE ARTSCROLL TANACH SERIES TEHILLIM / PSALMS PERSONAL SIZE EDITION VOL.1, VOL. II, VOL. III, VOL. IV, VOL. V. Ⓒ Copyright 1977, 1985, 1996 by MESORAH PUBLICATIONS, Ltd.]

e. ESV: To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.  [Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001, 2007, 2011, 2016 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.]

f. Unless otherwise stated, all Greek and Hebrew definitions are from Blue Letter Bible

1. [[To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.]] Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

a. [To the] chief musician [Strong: 5329 nâtsach, naw-tsakh'; a primitive root; also as denominative from H5331 properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); to be permanent:—excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.]

b. upon [Strong: 413 ʼêl, ale; (but used only in the shortened constructive form אֶל ʼel, el); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or among; often in general, to:—about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because (-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, × hath, in (-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to (-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with (-in).]

c. Nehiloth [Strong: 5155 nᵉchîylâh, nekh-ee-law'; probably denominative from H2485; a flute:—(plural) Nehiloth.]

d. [A] Psalm [Strong: 4210 mizmôwr, miz-more'; from H2167; properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes:—psalm.]

e. [of] David [Strong: 1732 Dâvid, daw-veed'; rarely (fully); דָּוִיד Dâvîyd; from the same as H1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse:—David.]

f. Give ear [Strong: 238 ʼâzan, aw-zan'; a primitive root; probably to expand; but used only as a denominative from H241; to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listen:—give (perceive by the) ear, hear(-ken).]

g. [to my] words [Strong: 561 ʼêmer, ay'-mer; from H559; something said:—answer, × appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.]

h. [O] LORD [Strong: 3068 Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'; from H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God:—Jehovah, the Lord.]

i. consider [Strong: 995 bîyn, bene; a primitive root; to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand:—attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).]

j. [my] meditation [Strong: 1901 hâgîyg, haw-gheeg'; from an unused root akin to H1897; properly, a murmur, i.e. complaint:—meditation, musing.]