Psalms 5:3 - Exposition

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," Psalms 55:17 ; and see also Psalms 59:16 ; Psalms 88:13 ; Psalms 119:147 ). The appointment of daily morning and evening sacrifice ( Numbers 28:4 ) pointed out morn and eve as times especially appropriate for prayer. A natural instinct suggested the same idea ( Job 1:5 ). In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee. The repetition adds force to the implied injunction (comp. Psalms 130:6 ). 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; Psalms 6:5 ; Numbers 28:4 ). 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).