Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 5:1

"Give ear to my words, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation." — Psalms 5:1 (ASV)

Meditation. —From a root cognate with the word translated meditate in Psalm 1:2, with primary sense of mutter or murmur. Here “whispered prayer,” in contrast to words in the first clause, and to voice of my cry in the next. It echoes clause 1: while unto thee will I pray corresponds to meditation.