Let integrity and uprightness guard me. May single-hearted devotion to God and honourable behaviour to men be as it were guardian angels at my side (Psalms 61:7). He prays thus, not on the ground of his own merits, but in virtue of his patient dependence on God. Cp. Psalms 40:11. -Integrity" is the virtue of the -perfect" man. See Psalms 15:2; Psalms 18:23; cp. Psalms 7:8. Job was "perfect and upright" (Psalms 2:3). Cp. Psalms 37:37.
Verse Psalms 25:21. _LET INTEGRITY AND UPRIGHTNESS_] I wish to have a _perfect heart_, and an _upright life_. This seems to be the meaning of these two words....
LET INTEGRITY AND UPRIGHTNESS PRESERVE ME - The word here rendered “integrity” means properly “perfection.” See it explained in the notes at Job 1:1. The language here may refer either: (a) to God -...
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...
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...
_LET INTEGRITY AND UPRIGHTNESS PRESERVE ME; FOR I WAIT ON THEE._ Integrity - i:e., not that a man's own "integrity" saves him; but it is the evidence of God's grace in him, and pleasing to God, so th...
25:21 uprightness (a-4) Or 'Integrity (perfection) and uprightness shall.'...
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...
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...
תֹּם ־וָ יֹ֥שֶׁר יִצְּר֑וּנִי כִּ֝֗י קִוִּיתִֽיךָ׃...
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...
Let (p) integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. (p) As I have behaved myself uprightly toward my enemies, let them know that you are the defender of my just cause....
I do not interrupt the reading through the whole of these verses; their plain and obvious meaning they carry along with them. They bear a decided testimony to divine faithfulness, and man's necessitie...
Psalms 24 _ Proper Psalm for Ascension Day_ (_Evening_). PSALMS 24-26 = _ Day 5_ (_Morning_)....
21._Let integrity and uprightness preserve me. _Some are of opinion, that in these words David simply prays that he may be preserved from all mischief, on the ground that he had conducted himself inof...
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...
LET INTEGRITY AND UPRIGHTNESS PRESERVE ME,.... Meaning either his own, as in Psalms 7:8; and then the sense is, either that God would preserve him, seeing he had acted the faithful and upright part in...
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. Ver. 21. _Let integrity and uprightness preserve me_] Integrity of conscience and uprightness of conversation. _ For I wait on thee_] v...
_Let integrity and uprightness preserve me_ Though I have greatly offended thee, yet remember that I have dealt honestly and sincerely with mine eugenics, while they have dealt falsely and injuriously...
Let integrity and uprightness, true piety and honesty, which despises hypocrisy and every form of crookedness, PRESERVE ME, being his companions on the way of righteousness; FOR I WAIT ON THEE, Jehova...
A PRAYER FOR MERCIFUL PROTECTION AND GUIDANCE. A psalm of David....
15-22 The psalmist concludes, as he began, with expressing dependence upon God, and desire toward him. It is good thus to hope, and quietly to wait for the salvation of the Lord. And if God turns to...
Though I have greatly offended thee, yet remember that I have dealt honestly and sincerely with mine enemies, whilst they have dealt falsely and injuriously with me; and therefore judge between them a...
Psalms 25:21 integrity H8537 uprightness H3476 preserve H5341 (H8799) wait H6960 (H8765) Psalms 7
T ‘Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for you.' His final concern is for the triumph of integrity and uprightness (in contrast with his enemies' treachery - Psalms 25:3). He does n...
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...
_Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on Thee._ RESOLUTIONS MADE AND STRENGTH INVOKED FOR A YEAR OF DUTY What should our memories do for us? If we are really humbled and grateful fo...
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 25:16 The psalmist prays for deliverance from the AFFLICTION, TROUBLE, and FOES that threaten (vv....
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...
1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Samuel 26:23; Acts 24:16; Acts 25:10; Acts 25:11;...