Psalms 25:1-7

A Prayer For Protection And Guidance From YHWH (Psalms 25:1).

In Psalms 25:1 the Psalmist lifts up His soul to God, and prays that his cause might be upheld, and then in Psalms 25:3 he asserts his confidence that God will indeed hear his prayer. This is followed in Psalms 25:4 by a request to be taught by YHWH because He is his saving God for whom he continually waits, and a plea in Psalms 25:6 that YHWH will remember His own tender mercies rather than the Psalmist's sins. Thus it follows the pattern of: dependence on God (1-2), confidence in God (3), a desire to obey God (4-5), and a longing that God will deal with him in mercy rather than in accordance with his past sins (6-7).