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Psalms 5:1

Unto the end, for her that obtaineth the inheritance. A psalm of David.

Challoner: For her that obtaineth the inheritanceThat is, for the church of Christ.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine): In finem, pro ea quæ hæreditatem consequitur. Psalmus David.
Septuagint (Swete): Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ τῆς κληρονομούσης· ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυείδ.
Hebrew (WLC): לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ אֶֽל הַנְּחִיל֗וֹת מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד

Haydock's commentary

For her that obtaineth the inheritance. That is, for the Church of Christ, (Challoner) and every faithful soul, which gains the victory and heaven. (Worthington)

Nechiloth, may also, (Haydock) signify musical instruments with holes, or "women dancing," on religious and joyful occasions, as they did when the ark was removed, &c., 2 Kings vi. 12., (Calmet) and Psalm lxvii. 26.

We may (Haydock) as well follow the Vulgate and St. Jerome. Some have supposed that David alludes to Saul, Absalom, &c. But in most of the psalms, the wicked in general are reprobated, and the sentiments of the faithful expressed. This psalm contains an excellent form of morning prayer, as an armour against all our spiritual enemies. (Berthier)

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.