25:1 *[Of David.] In you, Lord my God, I put my trust. / *This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
25:2 I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.
25:3 No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame, but shame will come on those who are treacherous without cause.
25:4 Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.
25:5 Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
25:6 Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.
25:7 Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you, Lord, are good.
25:8 Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
25:9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.
25:10 All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.
25:11 For the sake of your name, Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.
25:12 Who, then, are those who fear the Lord? He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.* / *Or ways he chooses
25:13 They will spend their days in prosperity, and their descendants will inherit the land.
25:14 The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.
25:15 My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will release my feet from the snare.
25:16 Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
25:17 Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish.
25:18 Look on my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins.
25:19 See how numerous are my enemies and how fiercely they hate me!
25:20 Guard my life and rescue me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
25:21 May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord,* is in you. / *Septuagint; Hebrew does not have Lord.
25:22 Deliver Israel, O God, from all their troubles!