Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer ... - See the notes at Psalms 5:1.

Give ear. —Here the petition takes a new starting-point.

Listen, O Jehovah! to my prayer. From the earnest repetition of his former requests in this and the subsequent verse, it is evident that h…

Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer As this psalm is called, in the title of it; his own prayer, and not another's, not one …

Our poverty and wretchedness, when felt, powerfully plead in our behalf at the throne of grace. The best self-preservation is to commit ourselves t…