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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 25 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/25.htm" 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successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet">a</a></sup></span> Of David.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">To you, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, I lift up my soul.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">O my God, in you I trust;</span><br /><span class="indent">let me not be put to shame;</span><br /><span class="indent">let not my enemies exult over me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame;</span><br /><span class="indent">they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Make me to know your ways, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent">teach me your paths.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Lead me in your truth and teach me,</span><br /><span class="indent">for you are the God of my salvation;</span><br /><span class="indent">for you I wait all the day long.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Remember your mercy, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and your steadfast love,</span><br /><span class="indent">for they have been from of old.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions;</span><br /><span class="indent">according to your steadfast love remember me,</span><br /><span class="indent">for the sake of your goodness, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Good and upright is the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent">therefore he instructs sinners in the way.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He leads the humble in what is right,</span><br /><span class="indent">and teaches the humble his way.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">All the paths of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> are steadfast love and faithfulness,</span><br /><span class="indent">for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For your name’s sake, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">pardon my guilt, for it is great.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Who is the man who fears the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>?</span><br /><span class="indent">Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">His soul shall abide in well-being,</span><br /><span class="indent">and his offspring shall inherit the land.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The friendship<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or The secret counsel">b</a></sup></span> of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is for those who fear him,</span><br /><span class="indent">and he makes known to them his covenant.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My eyes are ever toward the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">for he will pluck my feet out of the net.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Turn to me and be gracious to me,</span><br /><span class="indent">for I am lonely and afflicted.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The troubles of my heart are enlarged;</span><br /><span class="indent">bring me out of my distresses.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Consider my affliction and my trouble,</span><br /><span class="indent">and forgive all my sins.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Consider how many are my foes,</span><br /><span class="indent">and with what violent hatred they hate me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me!</span><br /><span class="indent">Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">May integrity and uprightness preserve me,</span><br /><span class="indent">for I wait for you.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/25-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Redeem Israel, O God,</span><br /><span class="indent">out of all his troubles.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">The</span> secret counsel</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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