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1To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
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And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: …
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. …
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)The title of this psalm has nothing in it peculiar but that it is said to be upon Nehiloth , a word nowhere else used. It is conjectured (and it is but a conjecture) that is signifies wind —instruments, with which this psalm was sung, as Neginoth was supposed to signify the stringed —instruments. In Ps. 5:1-6 David had an eye to God, I. As a prayer-hearing God; such he has always been ever since m…
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