Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 25:10
Paths — All the dealings of God with them, yea even those that are afflictive, are done in kindness and faithfulness to them.
Paths — All the dealings of God with them, yea even those that are afflictive, are done in kindness and faithfulness to them.
Verse Psalms 25:10. _ALL THE PATHS OF THE LORD_] ארחות _orchoth_ signifies the _tracks_ or _ruts_ made by the _wheels of wagons_ by often passing over the same ground. _Mercy_ and _truth_ are the _pa...
ALL THE PATHS OF THE LORD - All the ways that the Lord takes; all that He commands; all that He does. The “paths of the Lord” denote the course in which He himself walks, or His dealings with His crea...
PSALM 25-39 The fifteen Psalms which follow give the deep soul exercise of the godly. All fifteen, except the thirty-third, are marked as Psalms of David. Much of it expresses undoubtedly his own indi...
XXV. An acrostic poem composed of religious maxims and prayers which have little or no connexion with each other. The text is imperfect, for in Psalms 25:18 f. the letter Q is omitted and R is repeate...
SUCH. The redeemed (Psalms 25:22) and righteous worshippers are the subject of this Psalm. See note above. COVENANT. The first occurrence in the Psalms....
The Psalmist's petitions are grounded upon the revealed character of Jehovah....
In all His dealings Jehovah proves His loving purpose and His faithfulness to His promises to those who on their part are faithful to Him, keeping the covenant inaugurated by circumcision (Genesis 17:...
PSALMS 25 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE An Alphabetical Psalm of Supplication. ANALYSIS Seven lines of Direct Address to Jehovah, Psalms 25:1-7; three lines in Praise of Jehovah, Psalms 25:8-10; one line of Di...
_ALL THE PATHS OF THE LORD ARE MERCY AND TRUTH UNTO SUCH AS KEEP HIS COVENANT AND HIS TESTIMONIES._ The paths of the Lord are mercy and truth. Sins of infirmity, such as still beset penitent "sinners...
This is the second of the 'acrostic' or 'alphabetic' Pss. (cp. 9, 10). As it now stands there are a few irregularities in the arrangement, some of which appear again in Psalms 34. The closing v. sugge...
COVENANT.. TESTIMONIES] God's law is viewed in the one case as the basis of His gracious contract with Israel, and in the other as a witness to His own character....
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
MERCY AND TRUTH. — Or, _grace and truth;_ recalling John 1:4, and showing how the conception of God and His ways was gradually passing over from the domain of the Law to that of the Gospel....
כָּל ־אָרְחֹ֣ות יְ֭הוָה חֶ֣סֶד וֶ אֱמֶ֑ת לְ
Psalms 25:1 THE recurrence of the phrase "lift up the soul" may have determined the place of this psalm next to Psalms 24:1. It is acrostic, but with irregularities. As the text now stands, the second...
A PRAYER FOR PARDON AND PROTECTION Psalms 25:1 This is an acrostic or alphabetical psalm. The verses begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet, to aid the memory. So also in Psalms 9:1...
The sob of a great sorrow sounds throughout this psalm. The circumstances of its writing were those of desolation, affliction, distress, travail, as the latter part especially shows. Yet the main cont...
_Gifts, to bribe; or rather, which the judges have received. (Berthier) Shochad is always used in a bad sense for "a bribe." (Calmet) --- Est munus a lingua....a manu....et ab obsequio. (St. Jerome) -...
These are all so many witnesses to the same blessed truth; and they all speak to the evidence of human wants, and divine faithfulness....
Psalms 24 _ Proper Psalm for Ascension Day_ (_Evening_). PSALMS 24-26 = _ Day 5_ (_Morning_)....
10._All the ways of Jehovah. _This verse is erroneously interpreted by those who think that the doctrine of the law is here described as true and sweet, and that those who keep it feel it indeed to be...
Christ has been introduced, not indeed yet in glory, but associating Himself with the remnant, and suffering even unto death for them. Hence their whole case can be prophetically gone into. And here f...
ALL THE PATHS OF THE LORD [ARE] MERCY AND TRUTH,.... By which are meant, not the paths in which the Lord would have his people walk; though these are good and gracious, right and true; his commandment...
All the paths of the LORD [are] mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. Ver. 10. _All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth_] All the passages and proceedings, both or...
_All the paths of the Lord_ All the dealings of God with them, yea, even those that are afflictive and grievous to the flesh; _are mercy and truth_ Are in kindness and faithfulness, as being very nece...
A PRAYER FOR MERCIFUL PROTECTION AND GUIDANCE. A psalm of David....
All the paths of the Lord, His modes of dealing with His children, ARE MERCY AND TRUTH, grace in promising and faithfulness in performing, UNTO SUCH AS KEEP HIS COVENANT AND HIS TESTIMONIES, letting t...
8-14 We are all sinners; and Christ came into the world to save sinners, to teach sinners, to call sinners to repentance. We value a promise by the character of him that makes it; we therefore depend...
All the dealings of God with them, yea, even those that are afflictive and grievous to the flesh, are done in kindness and faithfulness to them, as being very necessary for them, and tending to their...
Psalms 25:10 paths H734 LORD H3068 mercy H2617 truth H571 keep H5341 (H8802) covenant H1285 testimonies H5713...
GOD IN HIS GOODNESS GUIDES ALL WHO ARE RESPONSIVE TO HIM, AND REVEALS TO THEM HIS GOODNESS IN MERCY AND COVENANT LOVE, INCLUDING PARDONING THEIR INIQUITY (PSALMS 25:8). Having called on God to guide h...
Psalms 25:1. _Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul._ It is down; and I would fain lift it up; yet I am powerless to do so if I am left to myself. When the soul cleaves to the earth, who but God ca...
CONTENTS: Prayer for guidance, forgiveness, mercy and deliverance. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: It is our duty and privilege to trustingly wait upon the Lord in adoration, supplication and se...
Psalms 25:1. _To thee, oh Lord, do I lift up my soul_ anew, now in this time of war and danger. Psalms 25:5. _On thee do I wait all the day._ David speaks of his blessing the Lord seven times a day; p...
_All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep His covenant and His testimonies._ THE DEALINGS OF GOD WITH HIS PEOPLE This text is intended to represent a universal attribute of God...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 25:1. In this lament, individual members of the worshiping assembly ask God for help in their various troubles. While the psalm expresses faith in God’s kindness, it does no...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 25:8 This section celebrates the way in which God forgives his people and guides them in moral growth. As the people KEEP God’s COVENANT, they will come to know the forgiveness an...
INTRODUCTION “David is pictured in this psalm as in a faithful miniature. His holy trust, his many conflicts, his great transgression, his bitter repentance, and his deep distresses are all here; so t...
EXPOSITION THIS is the second of the "alphabetic psalms." It is not so irregular as Psalms 9:1; but still is defective in some respects, the letters _beth _and _vav _being omitted in their proper plac...
Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me. Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which tra...
2 Samuel 15:20; Acts 10:35; Genesis 17:1; Genesis 24:27; Genesis 48:15