Protestantism
English
To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.
For the Chief Musician; with the Nehiloth. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.
To the Overseer, `Concerning the Inheritances.' --A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.
To the chief Musician. Upon Nehiloth. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O Jehovah; consider my meditation.
To him that excelleth upon Nehiloth. A Psalme of Dauid. Heare my wordes, O Lord: vnderstande my meditation.
1 David prays, and professes his study in prayer. 4 God favors not the wicked. 7 David professing his faith, prays unto God, to guide him, 10 To destroy his enemies, 11 and to preserve the godly.
¶ To the chief musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
To the chief music-maker on wind instruments. A Psalm. Of David.
Give ear to my words, O Lord; give thought to my heart-searchings.
For the choirmaster, to be accompanied by flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.
<<To the Overcomer upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.>> Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my meditation.
To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. GIVE ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.
A Prayer for Guidance and Protection
For the music director; with the flutes. A psalm of David.1 Hear my words, O Yahweh. Give heed to my sighing.2
- The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
- Or “murmuring”
To the chief musician, for flutes. A Psalm of David Give ear to my words, O Jehovah; consider my meditation.
To the Chief Musician, for flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my meditation.
For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David. Give ear to my words, Lord. Consider my meditation.
For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David. Give ear to my words, Jehovah. Consider my meditation.
For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David. Give ear to my words, Lord. Consider my meditation.
For the leader of the music; to be accompanied with wind instruments. A psalm of David.
Give ear to my words, O LORD; Have regard to my cry!
Psalm 5
For the leader: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by the flute.
Hear my words, Lord: give heed to my whisper.
Psalm 5
For the leader: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by the flute.
Hear my words, Lord: give heed to my whisper.
To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O Yhwh, consider my meditation.
To the Chief Musician. For the Flutes. A Melody of David.
To my words, give ear, O Yahweh, Understand thou my softly murmured prayer:
To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
Catholicism
English
A prayer to God against the iniquities of men.
Unto the end.1 For her who pursues the inheritance. A Psalm of David.2
- 4:1Unto the end: Or, as St. Jerome renders it, victori, to him that overcomes: which some understand of the chief musician; to whom they suppose the psalms, which bear that title, were given to be sung: we rather understand the psalms thus inscribed to refer to Christ, who is the end of the law, and the great conqueror of death and hell, and to the New Testament.(Challoner)
- 5:1For her that obtains the inheritance: That is, for the church of Christ.(Challoner)