Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 25:8
Upright — Holy and true, in all his declarations and offers of mercy to sinners. Therefore — He will not be wanting to such poor sinners as I am, but will guide them into the way of life and peace.
Upright — Holy and true, in all his declarations and offers of mercy to sinners. Therefore — He will not be wanting to such poor sinners as I am, but will guide them into the way of life and peace.
Verse Psalms 25:8. _GOOD AND UPRIGHT_ IS _THE LORD_] He is _good_ in his _nature_, and _righteous_ in his _conduct_. _THEREFORE WILL HE TEACH SINNERS_] Because he is good, he will teach sinners, thou...
GOOD AND UPRIGHT IS THE LORD - His character is benevolent, and he is worthy of confidence. He is not merely “good,” but he is equal and just in his dealings with people. This latter attribute is no l...
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...
TEACH. direct. The subject of this member....
_Therefore_ He who is at once perfectly loving and perfectly upright must needs guide the erring. _teach_ R.V. instruct: the word from which _torah_(-law," primarily -instruction") is derived. See on...
The Psalmist's petitions are grounded upon the revealed character of Jehovah....
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...
_GOOD AND UPRIGHT IS THE LORD: THEREFORE WILL HE TEACH SINNERS IN THE WAY._ Good - benignant (cf. "thy goodness," Psalms 25:7). UPRIGHT IS THE LORD. Based on Deuteronomy 32:4. "Upright" implies that...
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...
SINNERS] a truly evangelic thought. God's grace is not for those who have deserved it alone, but for all who seek it in penitence....
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...
(8) “With recollections clear, august, sublime, Of God’s great Truth and Right immutable She queened it o’er her weakness.” — A. H. CLOUGH....
טֹוב ־וְ יָשָׁ֥ר יְהוָ֑ה עַל ־כֵּ֤ן יֹורֶ֖ה
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...
Good and upright [is] the LORD: therefore will he (f) teach sinners in the way. (f) That is, call them to repentance....
_Beauty. The ark, 1 Kings iv. 22. Symmachus, "the palace." (Calmet) --- Hebrew, "the dwelling." The psalmist desires to imitate those fervent Levites, who chose always to attend the tabernacle, Deuter...
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_)....
8._Good and upright is Jehovah. _Pausing for a little as it were in the prosecution of his prayer, he exercises his thoughts in meditation upon the goodness of God, that he may return with renewed ard...
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...
GOOD AND UPRIGHT [IS] THE LORD,.... He is essentially, originally, and independently good of himself in his own nature, and he is providentially good to all his creatures; and he is in a way of specia...
Good and upright [is] the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. Ver. 8. _Good and upright is the Lord_] _i.e._ Gracious and righteous, or faithful; and hence it is that our God is mercifu...
_Good and upright is the Lord_ Bountiful and gracious, ready to do good, and delighting in it: and _right_, or _righteous_, (as ישׁר, _jashar_, here rendered _upright_, means,) that is, holy and true,...
A PRAYER FOR MERCIFUL PROTECTION AND GUIDANCE. A psalm of David....
Good and upright is the Lord, faithful, acting in accordance with His promises; THEREFORE WILL HE TEACH SINNERS IN THE WAY, instructing them which is the right way to go....
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...
GOOD, i.e. bountiful and gracious to sinners, ready to do good, and delighting in it. UPRIGHT, or, _right_, i.e. holy and true, sincere in making promises, and in all his declarations and offers of me...
Psalms 25:8 Good H2896 upright H3477 LORD H3068 teaches H3384 (H8686) sinners H2400 way H1870 Good -...
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...
_Good and upright is the Lord; therefore will He teach sinners in the way._ THE GUARANTEE IN GOD FOR GUIDANCE FROM GOD The Psalmist exchanges petition for contemplation; and gazes on the character of...
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 Corinthians 4:6; Ephesians 1:17; Ephesians 1:18; Isaiah 26:7; Jame