UHB 1 לַ⁠מְנַצֵּ֥חַ אֶֽל־הַ⁠נְּחִיל֗וֹת מִזְמ֥וֹר לְ⁠דָוִֽד׃ ‡

BrLXX (PSA 5:1) Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ τῆς κληρονομούσης, ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυίδ.
(Eis to telos, huper taʸs klaʸronomousaʸs, psalmos tōi Dawid.)

ULT For the chief musician; the flutes; psalm David

WEBBE & WMBB For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David.

NET For the music director, to be accompanied by wind instruments; a psalm of David.

FBV For the music director. A psalm of David, to be accompanied by flutes.

BBE To the chief music-maker on wind instruments. A Psalm. Of David.

Moff From the Choirmaster’s collection. For flutes. A song of David.

JPS (PSA 5:1) (5-1) For the Leader; upon the Nehiloth. A Psalm of David. (5-2) Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

ASV For the Chief Musician; with the Nehiloth. A Psalm of David.

DRA (PSA 5:1) Unto the end, for her that obtaineth the inheritance. A psalm of David.

Drby To the chief Musician. Upon Nehiloth. A Psalm of David.

RV For the Chief Musician; with the Nehiloth. A Psalm of David.

KJB-1769 To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.

KJB-1611 ¶ To the chiefe musician vpon Nehiloth, A Psalme of Dauid.
(¶ To the chief musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.)

Wycl (PSA 5:1) The title of the fyuethe salm. To the ouercomere on the eritagis, the song of Dauid.
(The title of the fifth psalm. To the overcomer on the heritages, the song of David.)

Luth (PSA 5:1) Ein Psalm Davids, vorzusingen für das Erbe.
(A Psalm David’s, to_sing_to for/in_favour_of the heritage.)

ClVg (PSA 5:1) In finem, pro ea quæ hæreditatem consequitur. Psalmus David.[fn]
(In the_end, for them which inheritance follows. Psalm/Song David.)

5.1 Pro ea quæ consequitur hæreditatem. Quia hic honoratur cui habenda hæreditas affirmatur, a qua æmula excluditur. Ecclesia est, quæ hæreditatem, id est, vitam æternam, ipsum Deum accipit, quæ hic loquitur de hæreditate, quam sibi petit, et asserit, æmulam dicens excludi. BEDA. Id est, pro Ecclesia, quæ, Christo resurgente, bonorum spiritualium dona percepit, quæ et ipsa nonnunquam Domini vocatur hæreditas, cujus pretioso est sanguine comparata: unde dictum est: Postula a me, et dabo tibi gentes, hæreditatem tuam. Totus ergo psalmus a persona catholicæ profertur Ecclesiæ, quæ prima sectione orationem suam poscit audiri, hæreticos et schismaticos prædicans a Domini muneribus esse excludendos. Secunda sectione per intellectum Scripturarum divinarum recto tramite dirigi se ad illam felicem patriam deprecatur, perfidos inde asserens funditus fieri alienos. Ad postremum commemorans præmia beatorum, ut una prædicatione et malos prædicta pœna converteret, et justos promissa præmia concitarent.

5.1 For them which follows inheritance. Because this/here is_respected to_whom to_be_had inheritance it_is_affirmed, from which emulate excluded. Assembly/Church it_is, which inheritance, that it_is, life eternal, him God receives, which this/here speaks from/about inheritance, how to_himself asks, and asserts, envious saying to_be_excluded. BEDA. That it_is, for Assembly/Church, which, to_Christ/Messiah rising_again, of_goods spiritual gifts perceived, which and herself sometimes Master is_called inheritance, whose precious it_is blood compared: from_where/who said it_is: Request from me, and I_will_give to_you people/nations, inheritance your(sg). The_whole therefore psalm/song from person Catholic/universal is_brought_forward Assemblies/Churches, which the_first cutting speech his_own asks to_be_heard, heretics and schismatic preaching from Master functions to_be to_be_excluded. Second cutting through understanding Scriptures divine straight footpath to_be_directed himself to her happy homeland prays, faithless therefore/from_there asserting completely to_be_done strangers. To most_finally recalling prizes of_the_blessed, as together preaching and I_prefers aforementioned punishment would_convert, and just promises prizes they_would_stir_up.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Psalm 5 Introduction

Structure and Formatting

1. Appeal (1–2) 2. Precedent (3–7) 3. Petition (8–11) 4. Resolution (12)

About the Psalm

1. Purpose: to petition the divine King and Judge for justice from enemies 2. Content: Yahweh, act justly! Banish the evildoers! Shelter the righteous! 3. Message: Yahweh is a just ruler, and he blesses the just.

Translation Issues in This Psalm

1. The first word of the content portion of the psalm starts with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet and the final word starts with the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet. This symbolizes completeness; the author’s appeal to Yahweh is complete. 2. There is a parallel structure between verses 3–7 and verses 8–11:A. Verses 3 and 8 start with an address to Yahweh, who is also the subject.B. Verses 4 and 9 start with “For” followed by a word of negation. They use a verbless clause in Hebrew, and the wicked are the topic.C. Verses 7 and 11 contrast with what is immediately before, and they speak of being with Yahweh.D. There is also progression between each earlier verse and its related later verse either in specificity or time.See: writing-poetry

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Significant portions of the ULT, UST, and TNs for this psalm are derivative from “Psalms, Layer by Layer” ([https://psalms.cdbr.org/w/Welcome](https://psalms.cdbr.org/w/Welcome)), “Psalm 5” ([https://psalms.cdbr.org/w/Psalm_5](https://psalms.cdbr.org/w/Psalm_5)) by Cambridge Digital Bible Research, Katie Frost, Meaghan Smith, Nikki Mustin et al, used under [CC BY](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Note 1 topic: translate-unknown

לַ⁠מְנַצֵּ֥חַ

(Some words not found in UHB: to,choirmaster to/near the,flutes song of,David )

The word translated as chief musician likely refers to the person in charge of music for worship. Some languages may have a term for a music leader. Alternate translation: [For the music director] or [For the leader of worship music]

Parallel PSA 5:0

Psalm 5 Introduction

Structure and Formatting

About the Psalm

Translation Issues in This Psalm

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