Psalm 25:14 NIV

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

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 25:1-22

Psalm 25-39 The fifteen Psalms which follow give the deep soul exercise of the godly. All fifteen, except the thirty-third, are marked as Psalms of David. Much of it expresses undoubtedly his own individual experience during the days of his suffering and at other occasions. Prophetically these Psalms give again the experience of the godly remnant of Israel in the time of trouble, preceding the coming of the King. We also can trace in these experiences much which concerns our Lord in His... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 25:14

25:14 The {m} secret of the LORD [is] with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.(m) His counsel contained in his word, by which he declares that he is the protector of the faithful. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 25:1-22

Psalms 25:0 In the Hebrew this prayer is arranged as an acrostic, i.e., the first word of each verse begins with a letter in alphabetical order from A-to-Z. Hereafter we shall not give as much attention to every psalm as we have thus far, but trust the reader to do the analyzing after the examples given. The purpose of this book is not so much textual explanation as a stimulus to Bible study in a broader sense, and it is assumed that the reader has been studying the Bible side by side with the... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Psalms 25:14

"Handfuls of Purpose" For All Gleaners "The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant" Psa 25:14 All religions have their arcana, or secrets known only to those who are within. The religion of the Bible does not disdain to acknowledge its own secrets, and to drive away from its archives those who come with irreverent curiosity to pry into the contents of revelation. By "secret" we are here to understand familiar intercourse. The word here rendered... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 25:12-22

I do not interrupt the reading through the whole of these verses; their plain and obvious meaning they carry along with them. They bear a decided testimony to divine faithfulness, and man's necessities. And though the enemy of God's people doth wage open and secret war against God's heritage, yet Israel shall be ultimately successful, in a full triumph through God's deliverance. Isaiah 45:17 . read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:8-14

8-14 We are all sinners; and Christ came into the world to save sinners, to teach sinners, to call sinners to repentance. We value a promise by the character of him that makes it; we therefore depend upon God's promises. All the paths of the Lord, that is, all his promises and all his providences, are mercy and truth. In all God's dealings his people may see his mercy displayed, and his word fulfilled, whatever afflictions they are now exercised with. All the paths of the Lord are mercy and... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 25:1-22

A Prayer for Merciful Protection and Guidance. A psalm of David. v. 1. Unto thee, O Lord, in an emphatic singling out of Jehovah as the one true God, do I lift up my soul, withdrawn from all earthly desires, with a fervent longing for Jehovah's salvation. v. 2. 0 my God, I trust in Thee, abiding firmly in this confidence; let me not be ashamed, become an object of mockery; let not mine enemies triumph over me, with exulting jeers over the foolishness of his trust. v. 3. Yea, let none... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 25:1-22

Psalms 25:0A Psalm of David1 Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed,Let not mine enemies triumph over me.3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed:Let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord;Teach me thy paths.5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me:For thou art the God of my salvation;On thee do I wait all the day.6 Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 25:1-22

a Prayer for Pardon and Protection Psalms 25:1-22 This is an acrostic or alphabetical psalm. The verses begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet, to aid the memory. So also in Psalms 9:1-20 ; Psalms 10:1-18 ; Psalms 34:1-22 ; Psalms 37:1-40 ; Psalms 111:1-10 ; Psalms 112:1-10 ; Psalms 119:1-176 ; Psalms 145:1-21 . It repeats the same expressions several or more times, such as wait, Psalms 25:3 ; Psalms 25:5 ; Psalms 25:21 ; ashamed, Psalms 25:2-3 ; Psalms 25:20 ; and ... read more