Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
"Satisfy us in the morning." Not by evening, after a full day of proving yourself. Morning — before anything's been accomplished, before the day's had a chance to go well or badly. This verse asks for something good to arrive first, not as a reward for what comes after.
That's a strange request if you're used to thinking joy has to be earned — that you get to feel good once you've done enough, produced enough, survived enough. This verse skips that whole transaction. It asks to be satisfied before the doing starts, so that the doing can happen from a place of already having enough, instead of scrambling to get there.
If your mornings usually start with dread or a mental list of everything you have to hold together, this verse offers a different first move: asking, honestly, to be filled up before the demands start. Whether or not you believe anyone's listening, it's a striking place to start a day — not with striving, but with a request.
If your mornings are running on empty more often than not, it might be worth asking whether there's a different source to draw from.
A short video on this is coming soon — for now, read on.