My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning. It is my first thought when I awake, to raise "my voice" to thee: do thou also lose no time in 'speedily' helping me (Psalms 143:7-8).
Direct my prayer, х `aarak (H6186)] - 'set in order (the particulars of my case) before thee.' The Hebrew is used of setting in order the wood upon the altar (Genesis 22:9; Leviticus 1:7; 1 Kings 18:33), and the show-bread upon the sacred table before the Lord (Leviticus 24:8). Prayer is the spiritual oblation which the believer presents, the first each day. The two other times of prayer, 'evening and noon,' are mentioned, Psalms 55:17. Prayer is not to be offered at random, but with words duly set in order before the God who has no pleasure in the "sacrifice of fools" (Ecclesiastes 5:1).
Look up, х tsaapah (H6822)] - 'I will look out'-namely, as one on a watchtower looking out eagerly for the expected succour (Habakkuk 2:1; Micah 7:7).