"My voice shall You hear in the morning, O Lord." (Psalm 5:3)
This verse in the 5th Psalm is more than a mere statement of the fact that in the morning I will pray.
"My voice shall You hear" is an assurance given by the Holy Spirit that God will hear us when we do lift up our voice to Him. He listens for our voice in the morning. Does He hear it? He also speaks to us His morning greeting. Are we listening for it? "He wakens morning by morning, He wakens my ear to hear." (Isaiah 50:4)
What is it that God is so desirous that we should hear in the morning? "Cause me to hear your loving-kindness in the morning." (Psalm 143:8) "My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not thelaw of your mother: Bind them continually upon your heart, and tie them about your neck. When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you; and when you awake, it shall talk with you. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life." (Proverbs 6:20-23)
Every morning bears to us a fresh message of God's lovingkindness, with which to begin the new day. "It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto your name, O Most High! To show forth your loving-kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night." (Psalm 92:1-2)
Evidently this is the theme for our morning meditation, and that which should inspire our praise and prayer: The loving-kindness of the Lord. His loving-kindness each morning assures us that we shall be led, protected, fed, and kept through the day. "And your faithfulness every night." (Psalm 92:2)
If we hear His loving-kindness in the morning, we shall assuredly declare His faithfulness at night; for all the events of the day will have proved it.
When darkness falls, and the perils of the night come on, knowing that He makes us dwell in safety we shall lay us down in peace and sleep, committing "the keeping of our souls to Him as unto a faithful Creator." (1 Peter 4:19)--Present Truth, January 15, 1903--Original title: Back Page Psalm 5:3.