Psalms 143:8

"Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you."

Key Reflection

David prays for God's mercy to be revealed early each day, trusting fully in Him. He asks not just for guidance but for the strength to follow that path faithfully by lifting his heart and soul to God.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness -The voice of thy lovingkindness, or thy mercy and favor. Permit me to hear thee addressing me in the language of kindness, and with the assurances of mercy. In the morning -Early; speedily; with the first rays of the morning. Let it be, as it were, the first thing in the day; the first thing that is done. The idea is not that he would wait for another day, but that he would interpose as the very first act - as when one enters on a day. See the notes atPsalms 46:5, where the margin is, when the morning appeareth; Hebrew, In the faces of the morning. For in thee do I trust -I have no other confidence or ground of reliance; but I have confidence in thee.

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