Psalm 25

Psalm 25 (Amplified Bible)

Psalm 25

[A Psalm] of David.

 ¹UNTO YOU, O Lord, do I bring my life.     ²O my God, I trust, lean on, rely on, and am confident in You. Let me not be put to shame or [my hope in You] be disappointed; let not my enemies triumph over me.
    ³Yes, let none who trust and wait hopefully and look for You be put to shame or be disappointed; let them be ashamed who forsake the right or deal treacherously without cause.
    ⁴Show me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths.
    ⁵Guide me in Your truth and faithfulness and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; for You [You only and altogether] do I wait [expectantly] all the day long.
    ⁶Remember, O Lord, Your tender mercy and loving-kindness; for they have been ever from of old.
    ⁷Remember not the sins (the lapses and frailties) of my youth or my transgressions; according to Your mercy and steadfast love remember me, for Your goodness' sake, O Lord.
    ⁸Good and upright is the Lord; therefore will He instruct sinners in [His] way.
    ⁹He leads the humble in what is right, and the humble He teaches His way.
    ¹⁰All the paths of the Lord are mercy and steadfast love, even truth and faithfulness are they for those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.
    ¹¹For Your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity and my guilt, for [they are] great.
    ¹²Who is the man who reverently fears and worships the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way that he should choose.
    ¹³He himself shall dwell at ease, and his offspring shall inherit the land.
    ¹⁴The secret [of the sweet, satisfying companionship] of the Lord have they who fear (revere and worship) Him, and He will show them His covenant and reveal to them its [deep, inner] meaning.^{(A)
    15}My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for He will pluck my feet out of the net.
    ¹⁶[Lord] turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
    ¹⁷The troubles of my heart are multiplied; bring me out of my distresses.
    ¹⁸Behold my affliction and my pain and forgive all my sins [of thinking and doing].
    ¹⁹Consider my enemies, for they abound; they hate me with cruel hatred.
    ²⁰O keep me, Lord, and deliver me; let me not be ashamed or disappointed, for my trust and my refuge are in You.
    ²¹Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for and expect You.
    ²²Redeem Israel, O God, out of all their troubles.