Psalms 25:6-16

6 ¹Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and Your lovingkindnesses, For they have been ²from of old.

7 Do not remember the ³sins of my youth or my transgressions; ⁴According to Your lovingkindness remember me, For Your ⁵goodness' sake, O LORD.

8 ⁶Good and ⁷upright is the LORD; Therefore * He ⁸instructs sinners in the way.

9 He ⁹leads the humble in justice, And He ¹⁰teaches the humble His way.

10 All the paths of the LORD are ¹¹lovingkindness and truth To ¹²those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.

11 For ¹³Your name's sake, O LORD, ¹⁴Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

12 Who is the man who ¹⁵fears the LORD? He will ¹⁶instruct him in the way he should choose.

13 His soul will ¹⁷abide in prosperity, And his descendants will ¹⁸inherit the land.

14 The ¹⁹secret of the LORD is for those who fear Him, And He will ²⁰make them know His covenant.

15 My ²¹eyes are continually toward the LORD, For He will ²²pluck my feet out of the net.

16 ²³Turn to me and be gracious to me, For I am ²⁴lonely and afflicted.

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Psalms 25:6-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 25

\\<<[A Psalm] of David>>\\. This is the first of the psalms which is written in an alphabetical order, or in which the first word of every verse begins with the letters of the Hebrew alphabet in order, though it is not strictly and regularly observed; the reason of this manner of writing is not very obvious; the {r} Jews confess their ignorance of it; it may be to engage the attention to what is said, or to assist the memory in laying it up, and retaining it there. The occasion of the psalm seems to be the troubles David was in on account of an unnatural rebellion raised against him by some of his subjects, at the head of which was his own son Absalom; he speaks of himself as in a net, and in great affliction, distress, and trouble, by reason of his enemies, Ps 25:15-18; and as being brought to a sense of his former sins, for which he desires pardon, Ps 25:7,11. {r} Kimchi in loc.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 24

1. Psalms 98:3
2. Psalms 103:17
3. Job 13:26; Job 20:11
4. Psalms 51:1
5. Psalms 31:19
6. Psalms 86:5
7. Psalms 92:15
8. Psalms 32:8
9. Psalms 23:3
10. Psalms 27:11
11. Psalms 40:11
12. Psalms 103:18
13. Psalms 31:3; Psalms 79:9
14. Exodus 34:9
15. Psalms 31:19
16. Psalms 25:8; Psalms 37:23
17. Proverbs 1:33; Jeremiah 23:6
18. Psalms 37:11; Psalms 69:36; Matthew 5:5
19. Proverbs 3:32; John 7:17
20. Genesis 17:1, 2
21. Psalms 123:2; Psalms 141:8
22. Psalms 31:4; Psalms 124:7
23. Psalms 69:16
24. Psalms 143:4

Footnotes 9

[a]. Or "everlasting"
[b]. Or "afflicted"
[c]. Or "afflicted"
[d]. Lit "good"
[e]. Lit "seed"
[f]. Or "earth"
[g]. Or "counsel" or "intimacy"
[h]. Or "And His covenant, to make them know it"
[i]. Lit "bring out"