Psalms 25:2-12

2 proba me Domine et tempta me ure renes meos et cor meum

3 quoniam misericordia tua ante oculos meos est et conplacui in veritate tua

4 non sedi cum concilio vanitatis et cum iniqua gerentibus non introibo

5 odivi ecclesiam malignantium et cum impiis non sedebo

6 lavabo inter innocentes manus meas et circumdabo altare tuum Domine

7 ut audiam vocem laudis et enarrem universa mirabilia tua

8 Domine dilexi decorem domus tuae et locum habitationis gloriae tuae

9 ne perdas cum impiis animam meam et cum viris sanguinum vitam meam

10 in quorum manibus iniquitates sunt dextera eorum repleta est muneribus

11 ego autem in innocentia mea ingressus sum redime me et miserere mei

12 pes meus stetit in directo in ecclesiis benedicam %te; Domine

Psalms 25:2-12 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.