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title: "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible -  Psalms 25"
description: "PSALM 25   :-. The general tone of this Psalm is that of prayer for
help from enemies. Distress, however, exciting a sense of sin, humble
confession, supp"
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PSALM 25

. The general tone of this Psalm is that of prayer for
help from enemies. Distress, however, exciting a sense of sin, humble
confession, supplication for pardon, preservation from sin, and
divine guidance, are prominent topics.

**1. lift up my soul**— ([Psalms 24:4](../../../kjv/psalms/24/4);
[Psalms 86:4](../../../kjv/psalms/86/4)), set my affections
(compare [Colossians 3:2](../../../kjv/colossians/3/2)).

**2. not be ashamed**—by
disappointment of hopes of relief.

**3.** The prayer generalized as to
all who *wait on God*—that is, who expect His favor. On the
other hand, the disappointment of the perfidious, who, unprovoked,
have done evil, is invoked (compare ).

**4, 5.** On the ground of former
favor, he invokes divine guidance, according to God's gracious ways
of dealing and faithfulness.

**6, 7.** Confessing past and
present sins, he pleads for mercy, not on palliations of sin, but on
God's well-known benevolence.

**8, 9. upright**—acting according
to His promise.
**sinners**—the general
term, limited by the
**meek**—who are *penitent.*
**the way**—and **his
way**—God's way of providence.

**9. in judgment**—rightly.

**10. paths**—similar sense—His
modes of dealing (compare [Psalms 25:4](../../../kjv/psalms/25/4)).
**mercy and truth**— ([Psalms 25:4](../../../kjv/psalms/25/4)), God's grace in promising and faithfulness in
performing.

**11.** God's perfections of love,
mercy, goodness, and truth are manifested (*his name,* compare
[Psalms 9:10](../../../kjv/psalms/9/10)) in pardoning sin, and
the greatness of sin renders pardon more needed.

**12, 13.** What he asks for himself
is the common lot of all the pious.

**13. inherit the earth**—(compare
[Matthew 5:5](../../../kjv/matthew/5/5)). The phrase, alluding to
the promise of Canaan, expresses all the blessings included in that
promise, temporal as well as spiritual.

**14.** The reason of the blessing
explained—the pious enjoy communion with God (compare [Proverbs 3:21](../../../kjv/proverbs/3/21);
[Proverbs 3:22](../../../kjv/proverbs/3/22)), and, of course, learn
His gracious terms of pardon.

**15.** His trust in God is fixed.
**net**—is frequently used
as a figure for dangers by enemies ([Psalms 9:15](../../../kjv/psalms/9/15);
[Psalms 10:9](../../../kjv/psalms/10/9)).

**16-19.** A series of earnest
appeals for aid because God had seemed to desert him (compare [Psalms 13:1](../../../kjv/psalms/13/1);
[Psalms 17:13](../../../kjv/psalms/17/13), c.), his sins
oppressed him, his enemies had enlarged his troubles and were
multiplied, increasing in hate and violence ([Psalms 9:8](../../../kjv/psalms/9/8)
[Psalms 18:48](../../../kjv/psalms/18/48)).

**20. keep my soul**— ().
**put my trust**—flee for
refuge ([Psalms 2:12](../../../kjv/psalms/2/12)).

**21.** In conscious innocence of
the faults charged by his enemies, he confidently commits his cause
to God. Some refer—
**integrity,** &c.—to
God, meaning His covenant faithfulness. This sense, though good, is
an unusual application of the terms.

**22.** Extend these blessings to
all Thy people in all their distresses.

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