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Verse Psalms 25:4. _SHOW ME THY WAYS_] The psalmist wishes to _know_
God's _way_, to be taught his _path_, and to be led into his _truth_.
He cannot discern this _way_ unless God _show_ it; he cannot...
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SHOW ME THY WAYS, O LORD - The “ways” of God are His methods of
administering the affairs of the world; His dispensations; the rules
which He has prescribed for Himself in the execution of His plans;...
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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...
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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...
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Petition for protection, guidance, and pardon....
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_Shew me thy ways_ Lit. _make me to know thy ways_: the prayer of
Moses in a moment of perplexity (Exodus 33:13). Cp. Psalms 27:11.
God's -ways" and -paths are the purposes and methods of His
Providen...
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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...
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_SHEW ME THY WAYS, O LORD; TEACH ME THY PATHS._
Show me thy ways - namely, the ways of "salvation" from all dangers
and temptations. David has in mind the prayer of Moses (Exodus 33:13).
TEACH ME -...
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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...
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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...
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דְּרָכֶ֣יךָ יְ֭הוָה הֹודִיעֵ֑נִי
אֹ֖רְחֹותֶ֣יךָ לַמְּדֵֽנִי׃...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(c) Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
(c) Retain me in the faith of your promise that I swore not on any
side....
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Council. Hebrew, "men." --- Doers. Hebrew, "men of darkness;" which
means the wicked, (Berthier) who love darkness. Protestants,
"dissemblers." (Haydock) --- The sacred minister ought to avoid evil
co...
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There is a beautiful order in these expressions; first to be shown,
then to be taught, and then to be led, in the path of grace. How,
blessed it is to have the Spirit to teach, the Spirit to lead, and...
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Psalms 24
_ Proper Psalm for Ascension Day_ (_Evening_).
PSALMS 24-26 = _ Day 5_ (_Morning_)....
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4._O Jehovah! make me to know thy ways. _By _the ways of the Lord,
_David sometimes means, as we have seen in another place, the happy
and prosperous issue of affairs, but more frequently he uses this...
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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...
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SHOW ME THY WAYS, O LORD,.... Either those which the Lord himself took
and walked in; as those of creation and providence, in which he has
displayed his power, wisdom, and goodness; and which are desi...
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Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
Ver. 4. _Show me thy ways, O Lord_] _q.d._ However other men walk
towards me, yet my desire is to keep touch with thee; for which
purpose I humbly beg th...
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_Show me thy ways, O Lord_ That is, the way or thy precepts, what I
ought to do in my circumstances and difficulties; by what methods I
may obtain thy favour and help. Whatsoever thou doest with me, a...
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A PRAYER FOR MERCIFUL PROTECTION AND GUIDANCE.
A psalm of David....
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Show me Thy ways, O Lord, so that he might know and understand them
properly; TEACH ME THY PATHS, God's gracious ways of dealing with His
children on earth....
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1-7 In worshipping God, we must lift up our souls to him. It is
certain that none who, by a believing attendance, wait on God, and, by
a believing hope, wait for him, shall be ashamed of it. The most...
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THY WAYS, i.e. the way of thy precepts, which I ought to do in my
circumstances and difficulties; by what methods I may obtain thy
favour and help. Whatsoever thou dost with me as to other things,
gra...
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Psalms 25:4 Show H3045 (H8685) ways H1870 LORD H3068 Teach H3925
(H8761) paths H734...
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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
con...
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A PLEA FOR GUIDANCE FOR HIMSELF, AND THAT YHWH WILL REMEMBER HIS
COVENANT PROMISES AND COVENANT LOVE, AND THAT HE WILL NOT REMEMBER HIS
SINS (4-7).
This is the first section in a three stage pattern,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Shew me Thy ways, O Lord; and teach me Thy paths._
DIVINE AUTHORITY UPON EARTH
All right-minded men will agree with Matthew Arnold’s famous saying,
that “Conduct is three-fourths of human life.” It...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Exodus 33:13; Isaiah 2:3; Jeremiah 6:16; Proverbs 8:20; Psalms 119:27
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Teach — Teach me my duty, and cause me to keep close to it,
notwithstanding all temptations....