Psalm 25:18-21

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 25:18

Look upon mine affliction and my pain ,.... The "affliction" was the rebellion of his subjects against him, at the head of which was his own son; and the "pain" was the uneasiness of mind it gave him; or the "labour" F11 עמלי "laborem meum", Pagninus, Mortanus, Junius & Tremellius, &c.; , as the word may be rendered; the toil and fatigue of body he was exercised with, he flying from place to place; and he desires that God would look upon all this with an eye of pity and... 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 25:18

Look upon mine affliction - See my distressed condition, and thy eye will affect thy heart. Forgive all my sins - My sins are the cause of all my sufferings; forgive these. This is the verse which should begin with the letter ק koph ; but, instead of it, we have ר resh both here, where it should not be, and in the next verse where it should be. Dr. Kennicott reads קומה kumah , "arise," and Houbigant, קצר ketsar , "cut short." The word which began with ק koph has... 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 25:18

Verse 18 18.Look upon mine affliction. By repeating these complaints so frequently, he plainly shows that the calamities with which he was assailed were not some slight and trivial evils. And this ought to be carefully marked by us, so that when trials and afflictions shall have been measured out to us after the same manner, we may be enabled to lift up our souls to God in prayer; for the Holy Spirit has set before our view this representation, that our minds may not fail us under the multitude... read more

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