PSALM 25
1For David.
To You, O LORD, I lift my heart.ℵ
2My God, in You I trust. Let me be not shamed,ב
let my enemies not gloat over me.
3Yes, let all who hope in You be not shamed.ג
Let the treacherous be shamed, empty-handed.
4Your ways, O LORD, inform me,ד
5Lead me in Your truth and instruct me,ה
for You are the God of my rescue.
In You do I hope every day.
6Recall Your mercies, O LORD,ז
and Your kindnesses—they are forever.
7My youth’s offenses and my crimes recall not.ח
In Your kindness, recall me—You;
for the sake of Your goodness, O LORD.
8Good and upright is the LORD.ט
Therefore He guides offenders on the way.
9He leads the lowly in justiceי
and teaches the lowly His way.
10All the LORD’s paths are kindness and truthכ
for the keepers of His pact and His precepts.
11For the sake of Your name, O LORD,ל
may You forgive my crime, which is great.
12Whosoever the man who fears the LORD,מ
He will guide him in the way he should choose.
13His life will repose in bounty,נ
and his seed will inherit the earth.
14The LORD’s counsel is for those who fear Him,ס
and His pact He makes known to them.
15My eyes at all times to the LORD,ע
for He draws my feet from the net.
16Turn to me and grant me grace,פ
for alone and afflicted am I.
17The distress of my heart has grown great.צ
From my straits bring me out.
18See my affliction and sufferingר
and forgive all my offenses.
19See my enemies who are manyר
and with outrageous hatred despise me.
20Guard my life and save me.ש
Let me be not shamed, for I shelter in You.
21May uprightness, wholeness, preserve me,ת
for in You do I hope.
22Redeem, God, Israel from all its straits.