Psalm 25
To You I Lift Up My Soul
Of David.1
¹ To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;
² in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
³ Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced.
⁴ Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
⁵ Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.
⁶ Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.
⁷ Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.
⁸ Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
⁹ He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.
¹⁰ All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
¹¹ For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.
¹² Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
¹³ His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.
¹⁴ The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
¹⁵ My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.
¹⁶ Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.
¹⁷ The troubles of my heart increase; free me from my distress.
¹⁸ Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
¹⁹ Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.
²⁰ Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You.
²¹ May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.2
²² Redeem Israel, O God, from all its distress.