# Psalms 5.2

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 1. <sup>For the Chief Musician; with the Nehiloth. A Psalm of David.</sup> Give ear to my words, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.
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> **2. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; For unto thee do I pray.**
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> 3. O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch. 4. For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee. (Psalms 5:1-4, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 1. <b>For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David. </b> Give ear to my words, Yahweh. Consider my meditation.
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> **2. Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for to you do I pray.**
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> 3. Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly. 4. For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can’t live with you. (Psalms 5:1-4, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 1. To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
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> **2. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.**
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> 3. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 4. For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. (Psalms 5:1-4, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 1. To the Overseer, 'Concerning the Inheritances.', A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.
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> **2. Be attentive to the voice of my cry, My king and my God, For unto Thee I pray habitually.**
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> 3. Jehovah, [at] morning Thou hearest my voice, [At] morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out. 4. For not a God desiring wickedness [art] Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not. (Psalms 5:1-4, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** various (David majority; Asaph, Korah, Moses, Solomon, anonymous)
- **Audience:** worshipping Israel (corporate + individual devotion)
- **Location:** Israel, various periods
- **Time period:** composition spans c. 1400 BC (Moses, Ps 90), c. 400 BC; principal Davidic composition c. 1000 BC

## Theological reading

## Key words

- [H0430 - elohim](/codex/h0430-elohim/), *elohim* (Strong's H430). Also appears in: [Genesis 1.1](/codex/genesis-1-1/), [Genesis 1.2](/codex/genesis-1-2/), [Genesis 1.14-19](/codex/genesis-1-14-19/).

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.