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Psalm 25
New International Version

### Psalm 25[a]

#### Of David.

1 In you, Lord my God,
I put my trust.(A)

2 I trust in you;(B)
do not let me be put to shame,
nor let my enemies triumph over me.
3 No one who hopes in you
will ever be put to shame,(C)
but shame will come on those
who are treacherous(D) without cause.

4 Show me your ways, Lord,
teach me your paths.(E)
5 Guide me in your truth(F) and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,(G)
and my hope is in you(H) all day long.
6 Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,(I)
for they are from of old.
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth(J)
and my rebellious ways;(K)
according to your love(L) remember me,
for you, Lord, are good.(M)

8 Good and upright(N) is the Lord;
therefore he instructs(O) sinners in his ways.
9 He guides(P) the humble in what is right
and teaches them(Q) his way.
10 All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful(R)
toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.(S)
11 For the sake of your name,(T) Lord,
forgive(U) my iniquity,(V) though it is great.

12 Who, then, are those who fear the Lord?(W)
He will instruct them in the ways(X) they should choose.[b]
13 They will spend their days in prosperity,(Y)
and their descendants will inherit the land.(Z)
14 The Lord confides(AA) in those who fear him;
he makes his covenant known(AB) to them.
15 My eyes are ever on the Lord,(AC)
for only he will release my feet from the snare.(AD)

16 Turn to me(AE) and be gracious to me,(AF)
for I am lonely(AG) and afflicted.
17 Relieve the troubles(AH) of my heart
and free me from my anguish.(AI)
18 Look on my affliction(AJ) and my distress(AK)
and take away all my sins.(AL)
19 See how numerous are my enemies(AM)
and how fiercely they hate me!(AN)

20 Guard my life(AO) and rescue me;(AP)
do not let me be put to shame,(AQ)
for I take refuge(AR) in you.
21 May integrity(AS) and uprightness(AT) protect me,
because my hope, Lord,[c] is in you.(AU)

22 Deliver Israel,(AV) O God,
from all their troubles!

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 25:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
2. Psalm 25:12 Or ways he chooses
3. Psalm 25:21 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have Lord.

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 25:1 : Ps 86:4; 143:8
2. Psalm 25:2 : Ps 31:6; 143:8
3. Psalm 25:3 : S Ps 22:5; S Isa 29:22
4. Psalm 25:3 : Isa 24:16; Hab 1:13; Zep 3:4; 2Ti 3:4
5. Psalm 25:4 : S Job 34:32
6. Psalm 25:5 : Ps 31:3; 43:3; Jn 16:13
7. Psalm 25:5 : Ps 24:5
8. Psalm 25:5 : ver 3; Ps 33:20; 39:7; 42:5; 71:5; 130:7; 131:3
9. Psalm 25:6 : Ps 5:7; 98:3; Isa 63:7, 15; Jer 31:20; Hos 11:8
10. Psalm 25:7 : Job 13:26; Isa 54:4; Jer 3:25; 31:19; 32:30; Eze 16:22, 60; 23:3; 2Ti 2:22
11. Psalm 25:7 : S Ex 23:21; Ps 107:17
12. Psalm 25:7 : Ps 6:4; 51:1; 69:16; 109:26; 119:124
13. Psalm 25:7 : S 1Ch 16:34; Ps 34:8; 73:1
14. Psalm 25:8 : Ps 92:15; Isa 26:7
15. Psalm 25:8 : Ps 32:8; Isa 28:26
16. Psalm 25:9 : S Ps 23:3
17. Psalm 25:9 : ver 4; Ps 27:11
18. Psalm 25:10 : S Ps 18:25
19. Psalm 25:10 : Ps 103:18; 132:12
20. Psalm 25:11 : S Ex 9:16; Ps 31:3; 79:9; Jer 14:7
21. Psalm 25:11 : S Ex 34:9
22. Psalm 25:11 : S Ex 32:30; S Ps 78:38
23. Psalm 25:12 : S Job 1:8
24. Psalm 25:12 : ver 8
25. Psalm 25:13 : S Dt 30:15; S 1Ki 3:14; S Job 8:7
26. Psalm 25:13 : S Nu 14:24; Mt 5:5
27. Psalm 25:14 : Pr 3:32
28. Psalm 25:14 : Ge 17:2; Jn 7:17
29. Psalm 25:15 : S 2Ch 20:12; Ps 123:2; Heb 12:2
30. Psalm 25:15 : S Job 34:30; S Ps 119:110
31. Psalm 25:16 : S Ps 6:4
32. Psalm 25:16 : S Nu 6:25
33. Psalm 25:16 : Ps 68:6
34. Psalm 25:17 : 1Ki 1:29; Ps 34:6, 17; 40:12; 54:7; 116:3
35. Psalm 25:17 : Ps 6:3; 39:2
36. Psalm 25:18 : S Ps 13:3; Ro 12:12
37. Psalm 25:18 : S 2Sa 16:12
38. Psalm 25:18 : Ps 103:3
39. Psalm 25:19 : Ps 3:1; 9:13
40. Psalm 25:19 : Ps 35:19; 38:19; 69:4
41. Psalm 25:20 : Ps 86:2
42. Psalm 25:20 : Ps 17:13; 22:21; 43:1; 71:2; 116:4; 140:1; 142:6; 144:11
43. Psalm 25:20 : ver 3
44. Psalm 25:20 : Ps 2:12
45. Psalm 25:21 : S Ge 20:5; Pr 10:9
46. Psalm 25:21 : 1Ki 9:4; Ps 85:10; 111:8; Isa 60:17; Mal 2:6
47. Psalm 25:21 : ver 3
48. Psalm 25:22 : Ps 130:8; Lk 24:21

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