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Text -- Psalms 25:1-22 (NET)
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Psalm 25
25:1 By David . O Lord , I come before you in prayer .
25:2 My God , I trust in you. Please do not let me be humiliated ; do not let my enemies triumphantly rejoice over me!
25:3 Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated . Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted and humiliated .
25:4 Make me understand your ways , O Lord ! Teach me your paths !
25:5 Guide me into your truth and teach me. For you are the God who delivers me; on you I rely all day long.
25:6 Remember your compassionate and faithful deeds , O Lord , for you have always acted in this manner.
25:7 Do not hold against me the sins of my youth or my rebellious acts ! Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor , O Lord !
25:8 The Lord is both kind and fair ; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live.
25:9 May he show the humble what is right ! May he teach the humble his way !
25:10 The Lord always proves faithful and reliable to those who follow the demands of his covenant .
25:11 For the sake of your reputation , O Lord , forgive my sin , because it is great .
25:12 The Lord shows his faithful followers the way they should live .
25:13 They experience his favor ; their descendants inherit the land .
25:14 The Lord’s loyal followers receive his guidance , and he reveals his covenantal demands to them.
25:15 I continually look to the Lord for help, for he will free my feet from the enemy’s net .
25:16 Turn toward me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and oppressed !
25:17 Deliver me from my distress ; rescue me from my suffering !
25:18 See my pain and suffering ! Forgive all my sins !
25:19 Watch my enemies , for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me .
25:20 Protect me and deliver me! Please do not let me be humiliated , for I have taken shelter in you!
25:21 May integrity and godliness protect me, for I rely on you!
25:22 O God , rescue Israel from all their distress !
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NET Notes -> Psa 25:1; Psa 25:1; Psa 25:3; Psa 25:4; Psa 25:5; Psa 25:6; Psa 25:6; Psa 25:7; Psa 25:7; Psa 25:7; Psa 25:8; Psa 25:8; Psa 25:9; Psa 25:9; Psa 25:9; Psa 25:10; Psa 25:10; Psa 25:11; Psa 25:11; Psa 25:12; Psa 25:13; Psa 25:13; Psa 25:13; Psa 25:14; Psa 25:14; Psa 25:15; Psa 25:15; Psa 25:16; Psa 25:17; Psa 25:17; Psa 25:18; Psa 25:19; Psa 25:20; Psa 25:22; Psa 25:22; Psa 25:22
NET Notes: Psa 25:1 Heb “to you, O Lord, my life I lift up.” To “lift up” one’s “life” to the Lord means to express one’s ...
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NET Notes: Psa 25:3 Heb “those who deal in treachery in vain.” The adverb רֵיקָם (reqam, “in vain”) probably r...
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NET Notes: Psa 25:4 Teach me your paths. In this context the Lord’s “ways” and “paths” refer to the moral principles which the Lord prescrib...
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NET Notes: Psa 25:5 The Lord’s commandments are referred to as truth here because they are a trustworthy and accurate expression of the divine will.
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NET Notes: Psa 25:7 Heb “according to your faithfulness, remember me, you, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord.”
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NET Notes: Psa 25:9 The prefixed verbal form is interpreted as a jussive (it stands parallel to the jussive form, “may he guide”).
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NET Notes: Psa 25:11 Forgive my sin, because it is great. The psalmist readily admits his desperate need for forgiveness.
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NET Notes: Psa 25:12 Heb “Who is this man, the one who fears the Lord? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.” The singular (note “man”)...
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NET Notes: Psa 25:15 Heb “for he will bring out from a net my feet.” The hostility of the psalmist’s enemies is probably in view (see v. 19).
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NET Notes: Psa 25:19 Heb “see my enemies for they are numerous, and [with] violent hatred they hate me.”
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