Salmos 25:1-8

1 A ti, Senhor, elevo a minha alma.
2 Deus meu, em ti confio; não seja eu envergonhado; não triunfem sobre mim os meus inimigos.
3 Não seja envergonhado nenhum dos que em ti esperam; envergonhados sejam os que sem causa procedem traiçoeiramente.
4 Faze-me saber os teus caminhos, Senhor; ensina-me as tuas veredas.
5 Guia-me na tua verdade, e ensina-me; pois tu és o Deus da minha salvação; por ti espero o dia todo.
6 Lembra-te, Senhor, da tua compaixão e da tua benignidade, porque elas são eternas.
7 Não te lembres dos pecado da minha mocidade, nem das minhas transgressões; mas, segundo a tua misericórdia, lembra-te de mim, pela tua bondade, ó Senhor.
8 Bom e reto é o Senhor; pelo que ensina o caminho aos pecadores.

Salmos 25:1-8 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.

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