Psalms 25

Berean Standard Bible

Chapter summary

Psalm 25 opens with the speaker expressing trust in the Lord and asking not to be put to shame or let enemies exult. The speaker petitions God to teach His paths, guide in truth, and remember His compassion while overlooking the sins of youth. The text describes the character of the Lord, noting that He is good, instructs sinners, guides the humble, and shows loving devotion to those who keep His covenant. The speaker then requests forgiveness for great iniquity and describes keeping eyes fixed on the Lord for deliverance from a net. Amid increasing heart troubles, loneliness, affliction, and numerous enemies who hate him, the speaker asks God to look upon his distress, guard his soul, and take away his sins. The psalm concludes with a plea for integrity and uprightness to preserve him, alongside a final request for God to redeem Israel from all its distress.

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¹To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul; ²in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me. ³Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced. ⁴Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths. ⁵Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You. ⁶Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age. ⁷Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD. ⁸Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way. ⁹He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way. ¹⁰All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees. ¹¹For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great. ¹²Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him. ¹³His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land. ¹⁴The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them. ¹⁵My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh. ¹⁶Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted. ¹⁷The troubles of my heart increase; free me from my distress. ¹⁸Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins. ¹⁹Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred. ²⁰Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You. ²¹May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You. ²²Redeem Israel, O God, from all its distress.

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