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Selected Verse: Psalms 143:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 143:8 |
Strong Concordance |
Cause me to hear [08085] thy lovingkindness [02617] in the morning [01242]; for in thee do I trust [0982]: cause me to know [03045] the way [01870] wherein [02098] I should walk [03212]; for I lift up [05375] my soul [05315] unto thee. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Compare Psa 25:1-4; Psa 59:16).
the way . . . walk--that is, the way of safety and righteousness (Psa 142:3-6). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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 at Psa 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.
Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk ... - The safe way; the way in which I may find safety. See the notes at Psa 5:8. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Morning - Seasonably and speedily. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Cause me to hear thy Loving-kindness in the morning - This petition was probably offered in the night-season. David had despatched his messengers in all directions; and prays to God that he might by the morning get some good news.
Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk - Absalom and his partisans are in possession of all the country. I know not in what direction to go, that I may not fall in with them: point out by thy especial providence the path I should take. |
3 When my spirit [07307] was overwhelmed [05848] within me, then thou knewest [03045] my path [05410]. In the way [0734] wherein [02098] I walked [01980] have they privily laid [02934] a snare [06341] for me.
4 I looked [05027] on my right hand [03225], and beheld [07200], but there was no man that would know [05234] me: refuge [04498] failed [06] me; no man cared [01875] for my soul [05315].
5 I cried [02199] unto thee, O LORD [03068]: I said [0559], Thou art my refuge [04268] and my portion [02506] in the land [0776] of the living [02416].
6 Attend [07181] unto my cry [07440]; for I am brought [01809] very [03966] low [01809]: deliver [05337] me from my persecutors [07291]; for they are stronger [0553] than I.
16 But I will sing [07891] of thy power [05797]; yea, I will sing aloud [07442] of thy mercy [02617] in the morning [01242]: for thou hast been my defence [04869] and refuge [04498] in the day [03117] of my trouble [06862].
1 A Psalm of David [01732]. Unto thee, O LORD [03068], do I lift up [05375] my soul [05315].
2 O my God [0430], I trust [0982] in thee: let me not be ashamed [0954], let not mine enemies [0341] triumph [05970] over me.
3 Yea, let none that wait [06960] on thee be ashamed [0954]: let them be ashamed [0954] which transgress [0898] without cause [07387].
4 Shew [03045] me thy ways [01870], O LORD [03068]; teach [03925] me thy paths [0734].
8 Lead [05148] me, O LORD [03068], in thy righteousness [06666] because of mine enemies [08324]; make thy way [01870] straight [03474] before my face [06440].
5 God [0430] is in the midst [07130] of her; she shall not be moved [04131]: God [0430] shall help [05826] her, and that right [06437] early [01242].