Bible Strands
Psalms 5:2
Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David addresses the LORD as his King and God during a morning prayer routine, following his initial plea in Psalms 5:1 and preceding his expectation of being heard in Psalms 5:3.
The words — The imperative הַקְשִׁיבָ (hakshiḇā) commands the listener to "pay attention" to the "sound" (קֹל, qōl) of the psalmist's "cry for help" (שַׁוְעִי, shaʿʿî).
The thread — This pattern of crying to a listening God appears in Psalms 3:4 and Psalms 65:2, while the title "my God and King" echoes the declaration in Psalms 145:1.
Why it lands — The text demands direct, focused attention from God toward the psalmist's vocal plea, establishing prayer as a deliberate appeal to a sovereign listener rather than a private meditation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
Cross-references
- Psalms 65:2 O You who listen to prayer, all people will come to You.
- Psalms 3:4 To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah
- Psalms 145:1 A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.
- Isaiah 33:22 For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
- Psalms 84:3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.
- Psalms 24:7 Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
- Psalms 74:12 Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
- Psalms 99:1 The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!
- Psalms 10:16 The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
- Psalms 44:4 You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.