Meditation = Groaning

Reading in Psalms 5.1 this morning. The ESV translation is pretty good here. My groaning is the noun form of the Hebrew verb ‏ הגה‎which means to groan or mutter or growl, or even to coo as a pigeon. It is the same word used in Ps. 1.2, and in his law does he meditate day and night, as well as in Josh 1.8, this book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night. To my way of thinking this gives a certain color to meditation. We think of it as silent prayer or silent thought, but to the Hebrews it was more thought and prayer that was so deep and focused that it came out as groaning, or muttering.

May I meditate/groan/mutter/coo/growl ever more deeply on the Scriptures.