Psaume 25:1-7

1 Psaume de David. Éternel, j'élève mon âme à toi.

2 Mon Dieu, je m'assure en toi; que je ne sois pas rendu confus, que mes ennemis ne se réjouissent pas à mon sujet

3 Certes, aucun de ceux qui s'attendent à toi, ne sera confus; ceux-là seront confus, qui agissent avec perfidie, sans cause.

4 Éternel, fais-moi connaître tes voies, enseigne-moi tes sentiers!

5 Fais-moi marcher dans ta vérité et m'enseigne; car tu es le Dieu de ma délivrance, je m'attends à toi tout le jour.

6 Souviens-toi de tes compassions, ô Éternel, et de tes bontés; car elles sont de tout temps.

7 Ne te souviens point des péchés de ma jeunesse, ni de mes transgressions; selon ta miséricorde, souviens-toi de moi, à cause de ta bonté, ô Éternel!

Psaume 25:1-7 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.