Poetry & Wisdom
What should a child notice in Psalms 143?
Psalms 143 opens with these words: “Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.” The line to keep is Psalms 143:8: “Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.” Carry the word “cause” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Psalms 143:8: “Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.” What happens first in Psalms 143?
Psalms 143:8
“Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.”
Psalms 143:3
“For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.”
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Practice Psalms 143:8
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Causemetohearyourinthemorning,forIinyou.CausemetoknowthewayinwhichIshouldwalk,forIliftupmysoultoyou.