Psalms 25
1 [By David.] To you, YHWH, do I lift up my soul.
David’s. [An Alphabetical Psalm.] Unto thee, O Yahweh, my soul, would I lift:
2 My God, I have trusted in you. Do not let me be shamed. Do not let my enemies triumph 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 Yes, no one who waits for you shall be shamed. They shall be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.
Yea let, none who wait for thee, be put to shame, Let them be put to shame who act covertly without cause!
4 Show me your ways, YHWH. Teach me your paths.
Thy ways, O Yahweh, let me know, Thy paths, teach thou me:
5 Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.
Guide me into thy truth and teach me, for, thou, art my delivering God, For thee, have I waited all the day:
6 YHWH, remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness, for they are from old times.
Remember thy compassions, O Yahweh, and thy lovingkindnesses, For, from age-past times, have they been.
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. Remember me according to your loving kindness, for your goodness' sake, 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 will instruct sinners in the way.
Good and upright, is Yahweh, For this cause, will he direct sinners into the way.
9 He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach 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 loving kindness and truth to those who keep 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, YHWH, pardon 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 What man is he who fears YHWH? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.
Who then is the man that revereth Yahweh? Let him direct him into the way he should choose.
13 His soul shall dwell in prosperity, and his descendants shall inherit the land.
His soul, with prosperity, shall tarry, and, his seed, shall possess the land.
14 The friendship of YHWH is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.
Intimacy with Yahweh, have they who revere him, His covenant also, he letteth them know.
15 My eyes are ever on YHWH, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.
Mine eyes, are continually unto Yahweh, —for, he, bringeth, out of the net, my feet.
16 Turn to me, and have mercy on me, for I am desolate and afflicted.
Turn thou unto me, and show me favour, for, alone and oppressed, I am.
17 Relieve me from the distresses of my heart, and bring me out of my distresses.
The distresses of my heart, hath he relieved, —and, out of my straits, brought me forth.
18 Consider my affliction and my travail. Forgive all my sins.
Behold my humiliation and my pain, and take away all my sins.
19 Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.
Behold my foes, for they abound, —and, with the hatred of violence, do they hate me.
20 Oh keep my soul, and deliver me. Let me not be disappointed, for I take refuge in you.
Oh keep my soul, and rescue me, Let me not be put to shame, for I have sought refuge in thee.
21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you, YHWH.
Let, blamelessness and uprightness, watch over me, because I have waited for thee.
22 Redeem Israel, God, from all of his troubles.
Redeem Israel, O God, —out of all his distresses.
