Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. Psalms 143:8
The original Hebrew literally says “cause me to hear”. A slightly stronger accent on God’s sovereign action than the word “let”. The context concerns someone in the thick of battle (see verse 3 & 9). The battle is compared to a long night and deliverance is portrayed as the break of dawn.
Note the presence of faith even while surrounded by enemies, and while the Psalmist is “faint” (vs 4) and his “spirit fails” (vs 7). Faith can live alongside great feelings of spiritual weakness! In fact, faith increases as self-sufficiency decreases. They have an opposite relationship to each other.
What specific manifestation of steadfast love does he pray for? Why is this so essential in the midst of spiritual warfare? (consider someone being guided through a mine field!)