Psalms 5:1

Psalms 5:1 «To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. » Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

Ver. 1. To the chief Musician] See Trapp on title for " Psa 4:1 "

Upon Nehiloth] Upon wind instruments. Pneumatica, tribulata. The Rabbis say that this psalm was made and appointed to be sung concerning Doeg and Ahithophel.

Give ear to my words, O Lord] David knew him to be a prayer hearing God, Psalms 65:2, and that his ears were always open (as the doors of the Roman Aediles were) to hear complaints and requests: hence this prayer.

Consider my meditation] i.e. The conceptions of my soul uttered with a low voice (Murmur meum, Jerome), but with most vehement affection. Mussitationem meam. All this the Hebrew word importeth.