The psalmist looks upward for a token of God’s favor, for the answer to his prayer. Compare the Saviour’s injunction to “watch and pray” (Matt. 26:41).
Direct.
Heb. ‘arak, literally, “set in order.” The word is used for the arranging of the wood upon the altar in Gen. 22:9 and of the arranging of the shewbread on the table (Ex. 40:23). The psalmist’s prayer is a sort of well-arranged morning sacrifice; it is not performed thoughtlessly.
In the morning.
The psalmist lifts his voice in prayer regularly, morning by morning, but especially at this time, when he is beset by his enemies (see Ps. 55:17; 59:16; 88:13). There is no better habit than the habit of morning prayer, when alone with God the soul prepares to discharge the duties and meet the problems of the unknown day.
“A moment in the morning—a moment, if no more—Is better than an hour when the trying day is o’er.” It is well to cultivate the habit of offering the first fruits of our consciousness as a morning offering to God.