Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:1
Do I lift up my soul - His soul was cast down, and by prayer and faith he endeavours to lift it up to God. read more
Psalm-25:1-18,-jeremiah-33:14-16-niv
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:2
I trust in thee - I depend upon thy infinite goodness and mercy for my support and salvation. Let me not be ashamed - Hide my iniquity, and forgive my guilt. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:3
Let none that wait on thee be ashamed - Though he had burden enough of his own, he felt for others in similar circumstances, and became an intercessor in their behalf. Transgress without cause - Perhaps בוגדים bogedim may here mean idolatrous persons. "Let not them that wait upon and worship thee be ashamed: but they shall be ashamed who vainly worship, or trust in false gods." See Malachi 2:11-16 . The Chaldeans have evil entreated us, and oppressed us: they trust in their idols,... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:4
Show me thy ways - The psalmist wishes to know God's way, to be taught his path, and to be led into his truth. He cannot discern this way unless God show it; he cannot learn the path unless God teach it; and he cannot walk in God's truth unless God lead him: and even then, unless God continue to teach, he shall never fully learn the lessons of his salvation; therefore he adds, "Lead me in thy truth, and teach me;" Psalm 25:5 . That he may get this showing, teaching, and leading, he comes... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:5
On thee do I wait - This is the line in which ו vau , the sixth letter in the order of the alphabet, is lost; for the line begins with א aleph , אותך othecha , "on thee." But four of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. have ואותך veothecha , "And upon thee." This restores the lost ו vau , which signifies "and." The Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Arabic, Ethiopic, and Anglo-Saxon, preserve it. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:6
Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies, and thy loving-kindness - The word רחמים rachamim , means the commiseration that a man feels in his bowels at the sight of distress. The second word, חסדים chasadim , signifies those kindnesses which are the offspring of a profusion of benevolence. They have been ever of old - Thou wert ever wont to display thyself as a ceaseless fountain of good to all thy creatures. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:7
Remember not the sins of my youth - Those which I have committed through inconsiderateness, and heat of passion. According to thy mercy - As it is worthy of thy mercy to act according to the measure, the greatness, and general practice of thy mercy; so give me an abundant pardon, a plentiful salvation. For thy goodness' sake - Goodness is the nature of God; mercy flows from that goodness. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:8
Good and upright is the Lord - He is good in his nature, and righteous in his conduct. Therefore will he teach sinners - Because he is good, he will teach sinners, though they deserve nothing but destruction: and because he is right, he will teach them the true way. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 25:9
The meek will he guide - ענוים anavim , the poor, the distressed; he will lead in judgment - he will direct them in their cause, and bring it to a happy issue, for he will show them the way in which they should go. read more
Subscribe
Get Bible verse every day in your inbox
Read on Mobile
Most Searched
Group of Brands
© 2025 Bibleportal.com All rights reserved.
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