New Revised Standard Version
Give ear to my words, O LORD; give heed to my sighing.

Contemporary English Version
Listen, LORD, as I pray! Pay attention when I groan.

New American Bible
For the leader; with wind instruments. A psalm of David. [2] Give ear to my words, O LORD; understand my sighing.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Unto the end, for her that obtaineth the inheritance. A psalm for David. [2] Give ear, O Lord, to my words, understand my cry.

Unto the end, for her that obtaineth the inheritance. A psalm for David. [2] Give ear, O Lord, to my words, understand my cry.

Psalm 5:1-3 Unto the end, for her that obtaineth the inheritance. A psalm for David. [2] Give ear, O Lord, to my words, understand my cry. . . .

David prays, and professes his study in prayer

Psalm 5:4-6 In the morning I will stand before thee, and I will see: because thou art not a God that willest iniquity. . . .

God favours not the wicked

Psalm 5:7-9 But as for me in the multitude of thy mercy, I will come into thy house; I will worship towards thy holy temple, in thy fear. . . .

David, professing his faith, prays to God to guide him

Psalm 5:10 Their throat is an open sepulchre: they dealt deceitfully with their tongues: judge them, O God. Let them fall from their devices: according to the multitude of their wickednesses cast them out: for they have provoked thee, O Lord.

to destroy his enemies

Psalm 5:11,12 But let all them be glad that hope in thee: they shall rejoice for ever, and thou shalt dwell in them. And all they that love thy name shall glory in thee. . . .

and to preserve the godly

Give

Psalm 17:1 The prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which proceedeth not from deceitful lips.

Psalm 54:2 O God, hear my prayer: give ear to the words of my mouth.

Psalm 55:1,2 Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David. [2] Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication: . . .

Psalm 64:1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. [2] Hear O God, my prayer, when I make supplication to thee: deliver my soul from the fear of the enemy.

Psalm 80:1 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm. [2] Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth

Psalm 86:1 A prayer for David himself. Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am needy and poor.

1 Peter 3:12 Because the eyes of the Lord are upon the just, and his ears unto their prayers but the countenance of the Lord upon them that do evil things.

1 John 5:14,15 And this is the confidence which we have towards him: That, whatsoever we shall ask according to his will, he heareth us. . . .

consider my

Psalm 19:14 And the words of my mouth shall be such as may please: and the meditation of my heart always in thy sight. O Lord, my helper and my Redeemer.

1 Samuel 1:13,16 Now Anna spoke in her heart, and only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard at all. Heli therefore thought her to be drunk, . . .

Romans 8:26 Likewise, the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity. For, we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit himself asketh for us with unspeakable groanings,