Psalm 25:1-18 ESV

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 25:6-7

Psalms 25:6-7Remember, O Lord, Thy tender mercies. Things to remember and to forgetIt is only by a figure of speech that we can speak of God as remembering and forgetting. It is an accommodation to our human weakness and ignorance. He who sees all things at a glance has no need to remember, and is incapable of forgetting. Yet God acts towards us as if He both remembered and forgot, and it is enough for us to think of Him in that way. Here the Psalmist’s mind seemed to sway backward and forward... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 25:7

Psalms 25:7Remember not the sins of my youth.Youthful sinsThe Psalm belongs to the later days of David. In youth we live in the present; in age we live in the past.I. Youthful sins are remembered when the sinner attains to an advanced age. Generally speaking, the youthful sinner is a thoughtless sinner. He does not trouble about the sin or its consequences. There is a fallacy about, that the sins of youth are not actual sins. If youthful follies gradually developed themselves into manly... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 25:8-9

Psalms 25:8-9Good and upright is the Lord; therefore will He teach sinners in the way. The guarantee in God for guidance from GodThe Psalmist exchanges petition for contemplation; and gazes on the character of God, in order thereby to be helped to confidence in an answer to his prayer. Such alternations of petition and contemplation are the very heartbeats of devotion, now expanding in desire, and now closing on its treasure in fruition. Either attitude is incomplete without the other. Do our... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 25:9

Psalms 25:9The meek will He teach His way.The humbleThe heathen moralists give many admirable counsels, but always forget humility. They had not, indeed, the word for it. The term “humility” before Christianity meant what is base, despicable, vile. Humility can only come with the knowledge of one’s self, and man did not truly know himself until he had made a study of himself in the light of the holy God. Comparing himself only with his fellow men, he would never learn humility. There is... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 25:10

Psalms 25:10All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.The dealings of God with His peopleThis text is intended to represent a universal attribute of God, in all His ways in His government of the world. As such it sets before us an important element of strength to the Christian. To the saved, every event, of whatsoever kind or magnitude it may be, or seem to be, is under the ordering of one sole guiding hand, and is a token of mercy and... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 25:11

Psalms 25:11For Thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.A prayer for pardon and its pleaThe context shows that this is the prayer of a man who had long loved and served God. Yet side by side with this consciousness of devotion and service there lie the profound sense of sin, and of the need of pardon. This consciousness of transgression and cry for pardon are inseparable and permanent accompaniments of a devout life all along its course, but they are the roots and... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 25:12

Psalms 25:12What man is he that feareth the Lord? The fear of God a restraining influenceThis secret fear, if it be once planted in the heart, will direct thee in all good actions acceptable to God, and correct thy evil doings. The love of God hath a constraining power whereby it compelleth and forceth us to serve Him: the fear of God hath a restraining power, by which it restraineth and stayeth us, and keepeth us back from offending Him: this is like a bit, that like a spur. Abraham feared... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 25:14

Psalms 25:14The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him.--The secret of the LordThen the Lord has a secret. Why does He not tell it to every man? Why do we not tell our secrets to every man? Every man does not understand us. We always best understand those who are like-minded with us. God gives His secret to them that fear Him. We individually give our secret--knowledge of our inner self--to those who see eye to eye with us, and by so much would not, cannot, offend us. That which must... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 25:16-18

Psalms 25:16-18Turn Thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.A sufferer’s prayerHow tender is this language, and how instructive too. David was a sufferer as well as a king. But he is a petitioner also, He prays for--I. Deliverance.II. A kind look from God is desirable at any time, but in affliction and pain it is like life from the dead. Therefore he says, “Look upon mine affliction and pain.”III. Pardon. “Forgive all my sins.” This was his meaning; let it be ours.... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 25:18

Psalms 25:18Look upon mine affliction and my pain.A troubled prayerI. It is well for us when our prayers about our sorrows are linked with prayers about our sins. Our sorrows profit us when they bring our sins to mind.1. They give us time for thought. A sick bed has often been a place of repentance.2. Our sorrows are often the direct result of our sins. Then we cannot but remember them. Not to have sorrow when we sin is a mark of the reprobate.3. When our sorrows are so like our sins. Jacob was... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 25:6-7

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 25:7

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 25:8-9

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 25:9

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 25:10

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 25:11

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 25:12

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 25:14

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 25:16-18

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 25:18

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