The Bible Commentaries and Others: Psalms 143 v 8

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Posted by Psalms on Saturday, 23 January 2016

Psalms 143:8

Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

143:8. Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust. Lord, my sorrow makes me deaf: cause me to hear. There is but one voice that can cheer me: cause me to hear thy lovingkindness. That music I desire to hear at once—cause me to hear it in the morning, at first dawning hour. A sense of divine love is to the soul both dawn and dew; the end of the night of weeping, the beginning of the morning of joy. Only God can take away from our weary ears the din of our care, and charm them with the sweet notes of his love. Our plea with the Lord is our faith: if we are relying upon him, he cannot disappoint us: in thee do I trust is a sound and solid argument with God. He who made the ear will cause us to hear; he who is love itself will bring his loving-kindness before our minds.

Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. The Great First Cause must cause us to hear and to know. Spiritual senses are dependent upon God, and heavenly knowledge comes from him alone. To know the way we ought to take is exceedingly needful, for how can we be exact in obedience to a law with which we are not acquainted? If we know not the way, how shall we keep in it? The psalmist lifts up his soul: the soul that trusts will rise. We will not allow our hope to sink, but we will strive to get up and rise out of our daily griefs. This is wise. When David was in any difficulty as to his way he lifted his soul towards God himself, and then he knew that he could not go very far wrong. If the soul will not rise of itself we must lift it up unto God. This is good argument in prayer: surely the God to whom we endeavor to lift our soul will condescend to show us what he would have us to do. Let us attend to David’s example, and when our heart is low, endeavor to lift it up to the Lord himself.

Excerpt from:

The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)