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Psalms 5:3

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 5:3

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord (compare "At evening, and at morning, and at noonday will I pray, and he shall hear my voice," ; and see also ; ; ).

The appointment of daily morning and evening sacrifice () pointed out morn and eve as times especially appropriate for prayer. A natural instinct suggested the same idea (). In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee.

The repetition adds force to the implied injunction (comp. ). The word translated "direct my prayer" means "arrange" or "set in order," as the priests did the altar before a sacrifice (Le 1:7, 8, 12; ; ).

Prayer is viewed as a sort of sacrificial act. And will look up; or, look out—keep on the watch—in expectation of my prayer being granted (see the Revised Version).

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