Psalm 25:4-7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 25:1-7

Here we have David's professions of desire towards God and dependence on him. He often begins his psalms with such professions, not to move God, but to move himself, and to engage himself to answer those professions. I. He professes his desire towards God: Unto thee, O Lord! do I lift up my soul, Ps. 25:1. In the foregoing psalm (Ps. 24:4) it was made the character of a good man that he has not lifted up his soul to vanity; and a call was given to the everlasting gates to lift up their heads... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 25:4

Show me thy ways, O Lord ,.... Either those which the Lord himself took and walked in; as those of creation and providence, in which he has displayed his power, wisdom, and goodness; and which are desirable to be known by his people, and require divine instruction and direction; and particularly his ways of grace, mercy, and truth, and the methods he has taken for the salvation of his people, both in eternity and in time; or those ways which he orders and directs his people to walk in;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 25:5

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me ,.... Meaning the word of God, the Scriptures of truth; and the Gospel, which is the word of truth, and truth itself, John 17:17 ; and the sense is, either that God would lead him by his Spirit more and more into all truth, as contained in his word; or that he would lead him by it and according to it, that he might form his principles and his conduct more agreeably to it, which is the standard and rule of faith and practice: which leading is by teaching;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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 Psalm 106:4 ; which are expressed in the plural number, because of the largeness and abundance of it, and because of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 25:7

Remember not the sins of my youth ,.... Original sin, in which he was born, and the breakings forth of corrupt nature in infancy, he brought into the world with him, together with all the youthful lusts and vanities to which that age is addicted; and sometimes the sins of youth are in some persons remembered by God, and punished in old age; and if not, they are brought to remembrance through the dispensations of Providence: and the people of God are chastised for them then, and are ready to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:4

Show me thy ways - The psalmist wishes to know God's way, to be taught his path, and to be led into his truth. He cannot discern this way unless God show it; he cannot learn the path unless God teach it; and he cannot walk in God's truth unless God lead him: and even then, unless God continue to teach, he shall never fully learn the lessons of his salvation; therefore he adds, "Lead me in thy truth, and teach me;" Psalm 25:5 . That he may get this showing, teaching, and leading, he comes... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:5

On thee do I wait - This is the line in which ו vau , the sixth letter in the order of the alphabet, is lost; for the line begins with א aleph , אותך othecha , "on thee." But four of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. have ואותך veothecha , "And upon thee." This restores the lost ו vau , which signifies "and." The Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Arabic, Ethiopic, and Anglo-Saxon, preserve it. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:6

Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies, and thy loving-kindness - The word רחמים rachamim , means the commiseration that a man feels in his bowels at the sight of distress. The second word, חסדים chasadim , signifies those kindnesses which are the offspring of a profusion of benevolence. They have been ever of old - Thou wert ever wont to display thyself as a ceaseless fountain of good to all thy creatures. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:7

Remember not the sins of my youth - Those which I have committed through inconsiderateness, and heat of passion. According to thy mercy - As it is worthy of thy mercy to act according to the measure, the greatness, and general practice of thy mercy; so give me an abundant pardon, a plentiful salvation. For thy goodness' sake - Goodness is the nature of God; mercy flows from that goodness. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:4

Verse 4 4.O Jehovah! make me to know thy ways. By the ways of the Lord, David sometimes means, as we have seen in another place, the happy and prosperous issue of affairs, but more frequently he uses this expression to denote the rule of a holy and righteous life. As the term truth occurs in the immediately following verse, the prayer which he offers up in this place is, in my opinion, to this effect: Lord, keep thy servant in the firm persuasion of thy promises, and do not suffer him to turn... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 25:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 25:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 25:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 25:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 25:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:4

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