Psalm 25:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 25:21

Psalms 25:21. Let integrity and uprightness preserve me Though I have greatly offended thee, yet remember that I have dealt honestly and sincerely with mine eugenics, while they have dealt falsely and injuriously with me; and therefore judge between them and me, and deal with me according to the righteousness of my cause and conduct toward them. David’s praying that integrity might preserve him, “intimates,” says Henry, “that he did not expect to be safe any longer than he continued in his... 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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 25:21

21. In conscious innocence of the faults charged by his enemies, he confidently commits his cause to God. Some refer— integrity, &c.—to God, meaning His covenant faithfulness. This sense, though good, is an unusual application of the terms. 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

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

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

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