Psalms 25:1-15

Of David.

1 ^[a]In you, LORD my God, I put my trust.

2 I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.

3 No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame, but shame will come on those who are treacherous without cause.

4 Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths.

5 Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

6 Remember, LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.

7 Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you, LORD, are good.

8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.

9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.

10 All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.

11 For the sake of your name, LORD, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.

12 Who, then, are those who fear the LORD? He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.^[b]

13 They will spend their days in prosperity, and their descendants will inherit the land.

14 The LORD confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.

15 My eyes are ever on the LORD, for only he will release my feet from the snare.

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Psalms 25:1-15 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 30

1. Psalms 86:4; Psalms 143:8
2. Psalms 31:6; Psalms 143:8; Psalms 41:11
3. S Psalms 22:5; S Isaiah 29:22; Isaiah 49:23
4. Isaiah 24:16; Habakkuk 1:13; Zephaniah 3:4; 2 Timothy 3:4
5. S Job 34:32; Exodus 33:13
6. Psalms 31:3; Psalms 43:3; John 16:13
7. Psalms 24:5
8. ver 3; Psalms 33:20; Psalms 39:7; Psalms 42:5; Psalms 71:5; Psalms 130:7; Psalms 131:3
9. Psalms 5:7; Psalms 98:3; Psalms 103:17; Isaiah 63:7,15; Jeremiah 31:20; Hosea 11:8
10. Job 13:26; Isaiah 54:4; Jeremiah 3:25; Jeremiah 31:19; Jeremiah 32:30; Ezekiel 16:22,60; Ezekiel 23:3; 2 Timothy 2:22
11. S Exodus 23:21; Psalms 107:17
12. Psalms 6:4; Psalms 51:1; Psalms 69:16; Psalms 109:26; Psalms 119:124
13. S 1 Chronicles 16:34; Psalms 34:8; Psalms 73:1
14. Psalms 92:15; Isaiah 26:7
15. Psalms 32:8; Isaiah 28:26
16. S Psalms 23:3
17. ver 4; Psalms 27:11
18. S Psalms 18:25; Psalms 40:11
19. Psalms 103:18; Psalms 132:12
20. S Exodus 9:16; Psalms 31:3; Psalms 79:9; Jeremiah 14:7
21. S Exodus 34:9
22. S Exodus 32:30; S Psalms 78:38
23. S Job 1:8
24. ver 8; Psalms 37:23
25. S Deuteronomy 30:15; S 1 Kings 3:14; S Job 8:7; Proverbs 19:23
26. S Numbers 14:24; Matthew 5:5; Psalms 37:11
27. Proverbs 3:32
28. Genesis 17:2; John 7:17
29. S 2 Chronicles 20:12; Psalms 123:2; Hebrews 12:2; Psalms 141:8
30. S Job 34:30; S Psalms 119:110

Footnotes 2

[a]. This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
[b]. Or "ways he chooses"