remember and thank the Lord

Psalm 6

v5

For in death [there is] no remembrance of thee:
in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

We should remember the Lord and give Him thanks.

consider my meditation

Psalm 5

v1

Give ear to my words, O LORD,
consider my meditation.

Would you want the Lord to consider the things you're thinking about?

The way we think and talk should be to trust in the Lord, pray to Him and worship Him. We should rejoice in the Lord and ask Him to lead us. We shouldn't think about or speak wickedness.

pray when in distress

Psalm 4

v1

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness:
thou hast enlarged me [when I was] in distress;
have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

We should pray when we're "in distress".

cry to the Lord with your voice

Psalm 3

v4

I cried unto the LORD with my voice,
and he heard me out of his holy hill.

Selah.

I've found this true in my life: Praying makes a difference.

We should cry to the Lord with our voice. He will hear us.

don't imagine a vain thing

Psalm 2

v1

Why do the heathen rage,
and the people imagine a vain thing?

It's vain to imagine getting out from under the Lord's authority.
Instead, we should fear the Lord enough to go away from sinning.

We'll be blessed if we put our trust in the Lord instead of imagining vain things.

meditate in the law of the LORD

Psalm 1

v2

But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD;
and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

There's a special key to help us.

Along with praying, we should read and think about the Bible.
We should do that all the time, like at hard times when we need the Lord's help.

don't talk proudly

Job 42

v3

Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge?
therefore have I uttered that I understood not;
things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

We shouldn't talk proudly about things to high for us to know or understand.