Psalm 25

To You I Lift Up My Soul

Of David.

¹To You, O Yahweh, I lift up my soul;

• PS 25:1[NOTE]AN A TO Z. Each verse starts with the next Hebrew letter, a little off in a few places. It made the psalm easy to remember.

²in You, my God, I trust.

Do not let me be put to shame;

do not let my enemies exult over me.

³Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame;

but those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced.

⁴Show me Your ways, O Yahweh;

teach me Your paths.

⁵Guide me in Your truth and teach me,

for You are the God of my salvation;

all day long I wait for You.

⁶Remember, O Yahweh, Your compassion and loving devotion,

for they are from age to age.

⁷Remember not the sins of my youth,

nor my rebellious acts;

remember me according to Your loving devotion,

because of Your goodness, O Yahweh.

⁸Good and upright is Yahweh;

therefore He shows sinners the way.

⁹He guides the humble in what is right

and teaches them His way.

¹⁰All Yahweh’s ways are loving and faithful

to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.

¹¹For the sake of Your name, O Yahweh,

forgive my iniquity, for it is great.

¹²Who is the man who fears Yahweh?

He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.

¹³His soul will dwell in prosperity,

and his descendants will inherit the land.

¹⁴Yahweh confides in those who fear Him,

and reveals His covenant to them.

¹⁵My eyes are always on Yahweh,

for He will free my feet from the mesh.

¹⁶Turn to me and be gracious,

for I am lonely and afflicted.

¹⁷The troubles of my heart increase;

free me from my distress.

¹⁸Consider my affliction and trouble,

and take away all my sins.

¹⁹Consider my enemies, for they are many,

and they hate me with vicious hatred.

²⁰Guard my soul and deliver me;

let me not be put to shame,

for I take refuge in You.

²¹May integrity and uprightness preserve me,

because I wait for You.

²²Redeem Israel, O God,

from all its distress.