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Psalm 5:1

For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David. Give ear to my words, LORD. Consider my meditation.

1For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David. Give ear to my words, LORD. Consider my meditation.
2Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for I pray to you.
3LORD, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.
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Notice

“Consider my meditation” reaches beyond a request to hear words, expressing David’s desire for YHWH to attend to what occupies his thoughts.

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Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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1 John 5:14–15This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.David asks the LORD to hear him; John expresses confidence that God hears requests made according to his will.
Psalm 19:14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, LORD, my rock, and my redeemer.Both prayers bring words and meditation before the LORD, asking for his attention in Psalm 5 and his acceptance in Psalm 19.
Psalm 54:2Hear my prayer, God. Listen to the words of my mouth.Both prayers ask God to listen, naming the speaker’s words as something brought before him.
Psalm 25:4Show me your ways, LORD. Teach me your paths.Both address the LORD with direct requests, though Psalm 5 seeks a hearing and Psalm 25 seeks instruction.
1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”David appeals to the LORD’s ear, while Peter describes the Lord’s ears as open to the prayer of the righteous.
Psalm 55:1–2For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David. Listen to my prayer, God. Don’t hide yourself from my supplication.Both psalms bear David’s name and begin by asking God to listen to what he brings in prayer.
Romans 8:26In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with …Both concern prayer beyond spoken words: David names his meditation, while Paul describes the Spirit’s intercession with groanings that cannot be uttered.
1 Samuel 1:16Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation.”Both passages attend to a speaker’s words: David seeks God’s attention, while Hannah explains the complaint behind her speech.
1 Samuel 1:13Now Hannah spoke in her heart. Only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.David asks God to consider his meditation; Hannah’s prayer shows speech taking place in the heart without an audible voice.
1 Kings 8:28Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant and for his supplication, LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before …Both prayers address the LORD and ask him to attend to the speaker’s plea.
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Begin one morning prayer with David’s two requests

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Encouragement

Your thoughts can be part of what you bring before God in prayer. David asks YHWH to hear his words and consider his meditation.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).