Psalms 25:6

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

Psalms 25:6 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
English Standard Version (ESV)
6 Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
New Living Translation (NLT)
6 Remember, O LORD, your compassion and unfailing love, which you have shown from long ages past.
The Message Bible (MSG)
6 Mark the milestones of your mercy and love, God; Rebuild the ancient landmarks!
American Standard Version (ASV)
6 Remember, O Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindness; For they have been ever of old.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
6 Remember, O LORD, your compassionate and merciful deeds. They have existed from eternity.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
6 Remember, Lord, Your compassion and Your faithful love, for they [have existed] from antiquity.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
6 Lord, remember your great mercy and love. You have shown them to your people for a long time.

Psalms 25:6 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 25:6

Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy loving
kindnesses
Not the providential mercy and kindness of God, in the care of him in his mother's womb, at the time of his birth, in his nurture and education, and in the preservation of him to the present time; but the special mercy, grace, and love of God in Christ: the sense of the petition is the same with that of ( Psalms 106:4 ) ; which are expressed in the plural number, because of the largeness and abundance of it, and because of the various acts and instances of it; the Lord is rich and plenteous in mercy, abundant in goodness; his love is exceeding great, and numerous are the ways and methods in which it is declared, both in eternity and in time; and though he can never forget his love, nor the people whom he loves, for they are engraven on his hand, and set as a seal on his heart; yet he sometimes seems, by the conduct of his providence, as if he did not remember it, and had no tender affection for them; and their unbelief is ready to say, the Lord has forgotten to be gracious; and the design of such a petition as this is to entreat a fresh discovery and application of the grace, mercy, and loving kindness of God, and which he allows his people to put him in remembrance of;

for they [have been] ever of old:
meaning not only from the time of his birth, and in after appearances of God for him, nor the favours shown to the people of Israel in former times at the Red sea, and in the wilderness and elsewhere, and to the patriarchs from the beginning of the world; but the love of God from everlasting, which appears in the choice of his people in Christ, before the foundation of the world, in the everlasting covenant of grace made with him, and in the setting of him up as the Mediator of it, and in putting his people into his hands, with all grace and spiritual blessings for them before the world began; and which love as it is from everlasting it is to everlasting, and remains invariably the same.

Psalms 25:6 In-Context

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.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Psalms 5:7; Psalms 98:3; Psalms 103:17; Isaiah 63:7,15; Jeremiah 31:20; Hosea 11:8
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