Focused Passage

Psalms 25:1-7

Trusting the LORD for Guidance, Mercy, and Redemption

Psalm 25 moves from trust under threat, to prayer for guidance, to appeal for mercy over remembered sin, to covenant instruction for the humble, to renewed pleas for pardon and rescue, and finally to Israel's redemption.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

Of David.

1 To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;

2 in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.

3 Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced.

4 Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.

5 Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

6 Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.

7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.

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References and Original Words

Verse 1

Original words

To You אֵלֶ֥יךָ H413 Preposition | second person masculine singular O LORD יְ֝הוָ֗ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular I lift אֶשָּֽׂא׃ H5375 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular up my soul נַפְשִׁ֥י H5315 Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular

BSB notes

  • This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Verse 2

Original words

in You בְּךָ֣ Preposition | second person masculine singular my God אֱ‍ֽלֹהַ֗י H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular I trust בָ֭טַחְתִּי H982 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Do not let me אַל־ H408 Adverb be put to shame אֵב֑וֹשָׁה H954 Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular do not let אַל־ H408 Adverb my enemies אֹיְבַ֣י H341 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular exult יַֽעַלְצ֖וּ H5970 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural over me לִֽי׃ Preposition | first person common singular
Verse 3

Original words

Surely גַּ֣ם H1571 Conjunction . . . כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct none לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle who wait for You קֹ֭וֶיךָ H6960 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular will be put to shame יֵבֹ֑שׁוּ H954 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural [but] those who engage in treachery הַבּוֹגְדִ֥ים H898 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural without cause רֵיקָֽם׃ H7387 Adverb will be disgraced יֵ֝בֹ֗שׁוּ H954 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Verse 4

Original words

Show me הוֹדִיעֵ֑נִי H3045 Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular Your ways דְּרָכֶ֣יךָ H1870 Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular O LORD יְ֭הוָה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular teach me לַמְּדֵֽנִי׃ H3925 Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular Your paths אֹ֖רְחוֹתֶ֣יךָ H734 Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Verse 5

Original words

Guide me הַדְרִ֘יכֵ֤נִי H1869 Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular in Your truth בַאֲמִתֶּ֨ךָ׀ H571 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular and teach me וְֽלַמְּדֵ֗נִי H3925 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular for כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction You אַ֭תָּה H859 Pronoun - second person masculine singular are the God אֱלֹהֵ֣י H430 Noun - masculine plural construct of my salvation יִשְׁעִ֑י H3468 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct day long הַיּֽוֹם׃ H3117 Article | Noun - masculine singular I wait קִ֝וִּ֗יתִי H6960 Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular for You אוֹתְךָ֥ H853 Preposition | second person masculine singular
Verse 6

Original words

Remember זְכֹר־ H2142 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular O LORD יְ֭הוָה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular Your compassion רַחֲמֶ֣יךָ H7356 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular and loving devotion וַחֲסָדֶ֑יךָ H2617 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular for כִּ֖י H3588 Conjunction they [are] הֵֽמָּה׃ H1992 Pronoun - third person masculine plural from age to age מֵעוֹלָ֣ם H5769 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 7

Original words

Remember תִּ֫זְכֹּ֥ר H2142 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular not אַל־ H408 Adverb the sins חַטֹּ֤אות H2403 Noun - feminine plural construct of my youth נְעוּרַ֨י׀ H5271 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular nor my rebellious acts וּפְשָׁעַ֗י H6588 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular remember me זְכָר־ H2142 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular according to לִי־ Preposition | first person common singular Your loving devotion כְּחַסְדְּךָ֥ H2617 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular . . . אַ֑תָּה H859 Pronoun - second person masculine singular because of לְמַ֖עַן H4616 Preposition Your goodness טוּבְךָ֣ H2898 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular O LORD יְהוָֽה׃ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular

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