Psalms 143:7-8. Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. 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.
This is a beautiful prayer, which any one of you might present to the Lord: "Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk." You are perplexed as to what you ought to do, you wish to do that which is right, but you are not sure what is right. Yet God can cause you to know the way wherein you should walk; he leadeth the blind by a way that they know not, and in paths which they have not seen. So breathe this prayer to him in the hour of your perplexity, -
"Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land:
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
Hold me with thy powerful hand!"
Or say with David, "Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk, for I lift up my soul unto thee." He seems to say, "My soul is like a dead weight which cannot lift itself up; but in the strength which thou dost impart to me, I lift it up, I will not let it lie like a dead log before thee: ‘I lift up my soul unto thee.’"
Psalms 143:7-8. Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. 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.
This is a beautiful prayer, which any one of you might present to the Lord: "Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk." You are perplexed as to what you ought to do, you wish to do that which is right, but you are not sure what is right. Yet God can cause you to know the way wherein you should walk; he leadeth the blind by a way that they know not, and in paths which they have not seen. So breathe this prayer to him in the hour of your perplexity, -
"Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land:
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
Hold me with thy powerful hand!"
Or say with David, "Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk, for I lift up my soul unto thee." He seems to say, "My soul is like a dead weight which cannot lift itself up; but in the strength which thou dost impart to me, I lift it up, I will not let it lie like a dead log before thee: ‘I lift up my soul unto thee.’"