"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be ac-
ceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer."
This is a sweet prayer (above) with which David ends this psalm. It is interesting that he mentions "the words of [his] mouth" before the "meditation of [his] heart." We usually like to think that we think first, and then speak. Knowing human nature the way David did, he may have been making a "preemptive strike" here, against his words--recognizing that what is in the heart will make its way through the mouth.
At any rate, let all of us churchmen today offer the same prayer--as it is surely good to be "acceptable in God's sight." We can only be this, as we are found to be faith-filled, toward Jesus.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Some set their bags of money always be-
fore them, others set the fear of men always before them, but a wise Christian will set God, judgment, and eternity always before him."
--Thomas Watson, in his sermon, "God's Anatomy upon Man's Heart"]
