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Psalms 5:3

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

KJV

Intende voci orationis meæ, rex meus et Deus meus.

Vulgate

πρόσχες τῆς φωνῆς τῆς δεήσεώς μου, ὁ βασιλεύς μου καὶ ὁ θεός μου· ὅτι πρὸς σὲ προσεύξομαι, Κύριε.

LXX

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

ASV

הַקְשִׁ֤יבָ/ה לְ/ק֬וֹל שַׁוְעִ֗/י מַלְכִּ֥/י וֵ/אלֹהָ֑/י כִּֽי אֵ֝לֶ֗י/ךָ אֶתְפַּלָּֽל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
ה
h
verb · 46×
הִתְפַּלֵּ֖ל
htpll
verb · 84×
י
y
pronoun · 1×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

In the morning when you get up, make the sign of the holy cross and say: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Then, kneeling or standing, repeat the Creed and the Lord's Prayer. If you choose, you may also say this little prayer: I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm …

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 1:19 — And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
  • Exod 36:3 — And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings ever
  • Gen 19:27 — And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
  • Hab 2:1 — I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
  • Isa 26:9 — With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
  • Isa 50:4 — The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned
  • Mark 1:35 — And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
  • Mark 1:35 — And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
  • Ps 22:2 — O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
  • Ps 55:17 — Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
  • Ps 59:16 — But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
  • Ps 63:1 — O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
  • Ps 69:16 — Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
  • Ps 88:13 — But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
  • Ps 88:13 — But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
  • Ps 119:147 — I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
  • Ps 119:147 — I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
  • Ps 130:6 — My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
  • Ps 141:2 — Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.