My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.
- BSB In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
- NKJV My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up.
- NASB In the morning, Lord, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will present my prayer to You and be on the watch.
- NLT Listen to my voice in the morning, Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly.
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Quick answer
In the morning David lays his requests before God and waits expectantly for His answer. Faithful prayer brings its needs to God and then watches in hope.
Overview
David pictures himself ordering his petitions like an offering laid out at dawn, then keeping watch for God's response. This morning habit shows prayer as the priority of the day and as an act of trusting expectation. Believers likewise bring their requests to God and wait, confident that He hears and acts in His good time.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 119:147I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
- Ps 88:13But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
- Ps 130:6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
- Mark 1:35And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
- Ps 55:17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
- Isa 26:9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
- Ps 69:16Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
- Ps 22:2O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
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