Salmos 25:1-9

1 Ati, oh SEÑOR, elevo mi alma.

2 Dios mío, en ti confío; no sea yo avergonzado, que no se regocijen sobre mí mis enemigos.

3 Ciertamente ninguno de los que esperan en ti será avergonzado; sean avergonzados los que sin causa se rebelan.

4 SEÑOR, muéstrame tus caminos, y enséñame tus sendas.

5 Guíame en tu verdad y enséñame, porque tú eres el Dios de mi salvación; en ti espero todo el día.

6 Acuérdate, oh SEÑOR, de tu compasión y de tus misericordias, que son eternas.

7 No te acuerdes de los pecados de mi juventud ni de mis transgresiones; acuérdate de mí conforme a tu misericordia, por tu bondad, oh SEÑOR.

8 Bueno y recto es el SEÑOR; por tanto, El muestra a los pecadores el camino.

9 Dirige a los humildes en la justicia, y enseña a los humildes su camino.

Salmos 25:1-9 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.