(g) That is, speedily and in due season. The question of the summum bonum has ever been the most difficult for the human mind to grasp. We ought first to know that there are no good works except those which God has commanded, even as there is no sin except that which God has forbidden. Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. 1. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul. …Dr. A BIBLE STUDY ON THE IDEAL OF A CHRISTIAN LIFE No man can be making much of his life who has not a very definite conception of what he is living for. cxliii. Thus Christ says, Matthew xix, "If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." All rights reserved worldwide. exclaims this poor affianced one, thus obliged to leave the sweet employment within, to be engaged about external matters of the lowest description; O Thou, whom I love so much the more as I find my love more thwarted; ah, show me where Thou feedest Thy flocks, and with what food Thou satisfiest the souls that are so blessed as to be under Thy care! The question of the summum bonum has ever been the most difficult for the human mind to grasp. Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness. Read Psalm 143:8 Using Other Translations. Bible > Psalms > Chapter 143 > Verse 8 Library • Free Downloads • eBibles 3. Psalm 143:3 also recalls Psalm 7:6, but as to the words it sounds like Lamentations 3:6 (cf. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. Still a great difference in the characters of men. Psalms 143:8 Context. From the nature of God; 4. Its necessity and use. Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts? Because in his favour is life, wealth, and grace, all good things, and pleasure for evermore, so that if he look kindly to us we need be afraid of nothing. 9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. 10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. Retail: $39.99. A BIBLE STUDY ON THE IDEAL OF A CHRISTIAN LIFE No man can be making much of his life who has not a very definite conception of what he is living for. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? Lord! 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 would fain … Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies … A transition to the doctrine of prayer. King James Version (KJV). 1. Psalm 143:7 Psalm 143:9 EXPOSITION. Answer, from the institution and end of prayer. 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. Cause mee to heare thy louing kindnesse in the morning, for in thee doe I trust, cause mee to knowe the way wherein I should walke: for I lift vp my soule vnto thee.- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible ScanLet me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul.- New American Standard Version (1995)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.- American Standard Version (1901)Let the story of your mercy come to me in the morning, for my hope is in you: give me knowledge of the way in which I am to go; for my soul is lifted up to you.- Basic English BibleCause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning, for in thee do I confide; make me to know the way wherein I should walk, for unto thee do I lift up my soul.- Darby BibleCause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way in which I should walk; for I lift up my soul to thee. This exemplified in the case of sacrifices, ablutions, and an endless series of ceremonies. The Law Given, not to Retain a People for Itself, but to Keep Alive the Hope of Salvation in Christ Until his Advent. Prayer a most useful exercise. 2. 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. מתי עולם (lxx νεκροὺς αἰῶνος) are either those for ever dead (the Syriac), after שׁנת עולם in Jeremiah 51:39 , cf. 34), and now Thy meat, 1. 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. Yet in, O Thou whom my soul loveth! I have foes without, within, The world, the flesh, indwelling sin, Life's daily ills, temptation's power, And Satan roaring to devour. This proved, 1. Prayer a most useful exercise. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. Its necessity and propriety. King James Version (KJV) Public Domain . Therefore whoever wishes to know and to do good works needs nothing else than to know God's commandments. CLEARLY EXPLAINED, AND LARGELY IMPROVED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL BELIEVERS.