Psalm 25:17 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 25:17-20

Psalms 25:17-20. The troubles of my heart are enlarged My outward troubles are accompanied with grievous distresses of my mind and heart for my sins, which have procured them, and for thy great displeasure manifested in them. Look upon mine affliction With compassion, as Exodus 3:7-8; Psalms 31:7; Psalms 106:44. And forgive all my sins The procuring and continuing causes of my trouble. “David joins this petition to the foregoing one, because he considered, whatever afflictions and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 25:1-22

Psalms 25:0 Forgiveness and guidanceIn the distressing circumstances surrounding this psalm, David is concerned that his enemies should not triumph over him. This is not only to save him from personal shame, but also to save his faith from being shaken. The rebels, not the faithful, are the ones who should be defeated (1-3). David wants to know more of God and his ways, so that in all the affairs of life he will do what is right (4-5). If past sins are the cause of his present troubles, he... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 25:17

enlarged, &c.: or, troubles have enlarged my heart: i.e. made it more sympathetic. O bring: or Thou hast brought. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 25:1-22

Psalms 25David appealed to God for wisdom and forgiveness because of His goodness to Israel. This is one of the acrostic psalms in which each verse in the Hebrew Bible begins with the succeeding letter of the Hebrew alphabet, here with an occasional irregularity. Two verses begin with the letter resh, the letters waw and qof are absent, and the last verse begins with the letter pe, which is out of normal alphabetical order. The psalm is an individual lament that transforms at the end into a... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 25:8-22

2. Repetition of the request 25:8-22The same petitions for guidance and pardon recur, but this time the basis of David’s request is the character of God. Psalms 25:8-10 develop the psalmist’s prayer for instruction and guidance in Psalms 25:4-5, and Psalms 25:11 develops his prayer for forgiveness in Psalms 25:6-7. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 25:15-22

The psalmist proceeded to ask the Lord to deliver him out of his distress. He was trusting in God’s deliverance (Psalms 25:15). Evidently David regarded his present sufferings and the affliction of the nation he led, whatever those troubles may have been, as due to his own sins in some measure.To experience God’s guidance and deliverance, God’s people must confess their sins and appeal to Him to be faithful to His promises to forgive. They will find direction in His revealed Word, and will... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:1-22

This is the second of the ’acrostic’ or ’alphabetic’ Pss. (cp. 9, 10). As it now stands there are a few irregularities in the arrangement, some of which appear again in Psalms 34. The closing v. suggests the circumstances of the exile, but it is probably an addition, as the last letter of the alphabet is reached in Psalms 25:21. The rest of the Ps. contains nothing to indicate its date or authorship, and its value is independent of any view that may be taken as to these. Some have supposed that... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 25:17

(17) The troubles.—The consensus of commentators is for a different division of the Hebrew words.. . . “Relieve my sore heart,And release me from my distress.” read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 25:1-22

Psalms 25:7 Pico della Mirandola quotes this text in a letter to his nephew in which he advises him with regard to daily prayer. 'When I stir thee up to prayer,' he wrote, 'I stir thee not to the prayer that standeth in many words, but to that prayer which in the secret chamber of the mind, in the privy-closet of the soul, with very affect speaketh unto God, and in the most lightsome darkness of contemplation, not only presenteth the mind to the Father, but also uniteth it with Him by... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 25:1-22

Psalms 25:1-22THE recurrence of the phrase "lift up the soul" may have determined the place of this psalm next to Psalms 24:1-10. It is acrostic, but with irregularities. As the text now stands, the second, not the first, word in Psalms 25:2 begins with Beth; Vav is omitted or represented in the "and teach me" of the He verse (Psalms 25:5); Qoph is also omitted, and its place taken by a supernumerary Resh, which letter has thus two verses (Psalms 25:18-19); and Psalms 25:22 begins with Pe, and... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 25:17-20

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 25:1-22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 25:17

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 25:1-22

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 25:8-22

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 25:15-22

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:1-22

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 25:17

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 25:1-22

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 25:1-22

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