psalm-25:19-21-niv

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 25:15-22

David, encouraged by the promises he had been meditating upon, here renews his addresses to God, and concludes the psalm, as he began, with professions of dependence upon God and desire towards him. I. He lays open before God the calamitous condition he was in. His feet were in the net, held fast and entangled, so that he could not extricate himself out of his difficulties, Ps. 25:15. He was desolate and afflicted, Ps. 25:16. It is common for those that are afflicted to be desolate; their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 25:19

Consider mine enemies ,.... Or "look" F13 ראה "vide", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Cocceius, Michaelis "aspice", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "intuere", Gejerus. upon them; but with another kind of look; so as he looked through the pillar of fire upon the Egyptians, and troubled them, Exodus 14:24 ; with a look of wrath and vengeance. The arguments he uses are taken both from the quantity and quality of his enemies, their number and their nature; for they are many ; the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 25:20

O keep my soul ,.... Or "life" F14 נפשי "animam meam", i.e. "vitam meam", Gejerus. , which was in danger, his enemies seeking for it; wherefore he applies to God that gave it, and who had hitherto held him in it, to preserve it. God is the keeper of has people in a spiritual sense; they cannot keep themselves from sin, Satan, and the world; but he is able to keep them from falling, and therefore they pray to him that he would keep them; and they have reason to believe they shall be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 25:21

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me ,.... Meaning either his own, as in Psalm 7:8 ; and then the sense is, either that God would preserve him, seeing he had acted the faithful and upright part in the government of the people of Israel, and they had rebelled against him without a cause; see Psalm 78:72 ; or that those might be continued with him, that he might not be led aside by the corruptions of his heart, and the temptations of Satan, and by the provocations of his rebellious... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:19

Consider mine enemies - Look upon them, and thou wilt see how impossible it is that I should be able to resist and overcome them. They are many, they hate me, and their hatred drives them to acts of cruelty against me. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:20

O keep my soul - Save me from sin, and keep me alive. Let me not be ashamed - He ends as he began; see Psalm 25:2 ; : "Let me not be confounded, for I put my trust in thee." read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:21

Let integrity and uprightness - I wish to have a perfect heart, and an upright life. This seems to be the meaning of these two words. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:19

Verse 19 19.Behold mine enemies. In this verse David complains of the number and cruelty of his enemies, because the more the people of God are oppressed, the more is he inclined to aid them; and in proportion to the magnitude of the danger by which they are surrounded, he assists them the more powerfully. The words, hatred of violence, (566) are here to be understood of a cruel and sanguinary hatred. Now, as the rage of David’s enemies was so great, that nothing short of his death would... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:21

Verse 21 21.Let integrity and uprightness preserve me. Some are of opinion, that in these words David simply prays that he may be preserved from all mischief, on the ground that he had conducted himself inoffensively towards others, and had abstained from all deceit and violence. Others make the words to contain a twofold subject of prayer, and understand them as including at the same time a desire that God would bestow upon him a sincere and upright purpose of heart; and all this lest he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 25:1-22

The metrical arrangement is not very marked. Some divide the psalm into five unequal strophes— Psalms 9:1-7 , Psalms 9:8-10 , Psalms 9:11-15 , verses 16-21, and verse 22; others see no divisions beyond those of the Hebrew verses, which are followed in our Authorized Bible. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 25:15-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 25:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 25:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 25:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 25:1-22

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