Psalms 25
1 BY DAVID. [ALEPH-BET] To You, O YHWH, I lift up my soul.
David’s. [An Alphabetical Psalm.] Unto thee, O Yahweh, my soul, would I lift:
2 My God, in You I have trusted, Do not let me be ashamed, Do not let my enemies exult over me.
O my God, in thee, have I put my trust, Let me not be put to shame, Let not my foe exult over me:
3 Also let none waiting on You be ashamed, Let the treacherous dealers without cause be ashamed.
Yea let, none who wait for thee, be put to shame, Let them be put to shame who act covertly without cause!
4 Your ways, O YHWH, cause me to know, You teach me Your paths.
Thy ways, O Yahweh, let me know, Thy paths, teach thou me:
5 Cause me to tread in Your truth, and teach me, For You [are] the God of my salvation, Near You I have waited all the day.
Guide me into thy truth and teach me, for, thou, art my delivering God, For thee, have I waited all the day:
6 Remember Your mercies, O YHWH, And Your kindnesses, for they [are] from the age.
Remember thy compassions, O Yahweh, and thy lovingkindnesses, For, from age-past times, have they been.
7 Sins of my youth, and my transgressions, Do not remember. According to Your kindness be mindful of me, For Your goodness’ sake, O YHWH.
The sins of my youth, and my transgressions, do not thou call to mind, —According to thine own lovingkindness, remember thou me, for the sake of thine own goodness, O Yahweh.
8 Good and upright [is] YHWH, Therefore He directs sinners in the way.
Good and upright, is Yahweh, For this cause, will he direct sinners into the way.
9 He causes the humble to tread in judgment, And teaches the humble His way.
May he guide patient wronged-ones to be righted, and teach such oppressed-ones his way.
10 All the paths of YHWH [are] kindness and truth, To those keeping His covenant, And His testimonies.
All the paths of Yahweh, are lovingkindness and faithfulness, to such as keep his covenant, and his testimonies.
11 For Your Name’s sake, O YHWH, You have pardoned my iniquity, for it [is] great.
For the sake of thy Name, O Yahweh, Therefore wilt thou pardon mine iniquity, for great it is.
12 Who [is] this—the man fearing YHWH? He directs him in the way He chooses.
Who then is the man that revereth Yahweh? Let him direct him into the way he should choose.
13 His soul remains in good, And his seed possesses the land.
His soul, with prosperity, shall tarry, and, his seed, shall possess the land.
14 The secret of YHWH [is] for those fearing Him, And His covenant—to cause them to know.
Intimacy with Yahweh, have they who revere him, His covenant also, he letteth them know.
15 My eyes [are] continually to YHWH, For He brings my feet out from a net.
Mine eyes, are continually unto Yahweh, —for, he, bringeth, out of the net, my feet.
16 Turn to me, and favor me, For I [am] lonely and afflicted.
Turn thou unto me, and show me favour, for, alone and oppressed, I am.
17 The distresses of my heart have enlarged themselves, Bring me out from my distresses.
The distresses of my heart, hath he relieved, —and, out of my straits, brought me forth.
18 See my affliction and my misery, And bear with all my sins.
Behold my humiliation and my pain, and take away all my sins.
19 See my enemies, for they have been many, And they have hated me with violent hatred.
Behold my foes, for they abound, —and, with the hatred of violence, do they hate me.
20 Keep my soul, and deliver me, Do not let me be ashamed, for I trusted in You.
Oh keep my soul, and rescue me, Let me not be put to shame, for I have sought refuge in thee.
21 Integrity and uprightness keep me, For I have waited [on] You.
Let, blamelessness and uprightness, watch over me, because I have waited for thee.
22 Redeem Israel, O God, from all his distresses!
Redeem Israel, O God, —out of all his distresses.
