Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Psalms 25:11
Verse Psalms 25:11. For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon] I have sinned; I need mercy; there is no reason why thou shouldst show it, but what thou drawest from the goodness of thy own nature.
Verse Psalms 25:11. For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon] I have sinned; I need mercy; there is no reason why thou shouldst show it, but what thou drawest from the goodness of thy own nature.
FOR THY NAME’S SAKE, O LORD - See the notes at Psalms 23:3. The idea here is that God would do this on His own account, or for the honor of His own name. This is A reason, and one of the main reasons,...
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...
NAME'S. See note on Psalms 20:1. PARDON. This is the first such plea in the Psalms. See note on "Selah" (Psalms 24:10). The central verse of this Psalm. Compare Psalms 25:18....
The Psalmist's petitions are grounded upon the revealed character of Jehovah....
The thought of God's requirements (Psalms 25:10) makes him feel his own shortcomings, and prompts this prayer for pardon. He appeals to Jehovah's revelation of Himself as the God of mercy. The verse c...
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...
_FOR THY NAME'S SAKE, O LORD, PARDON MINE INIQUITY; FOR IT IS GREAT._ For thy name's sake (note, Psalms 23:3) - For the sake of thy manifested character. God's attributes, to which David refers, are...
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...
FOR THY NAME'S SAKE.. PARDON] Forgiveness is asked because it is God's nature to forgive. FOR IT _is_ GREAT] The plea appears strange, but it is the utterance of deep penitence, combined with strong f...
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...
לְמַֽעַן ־שִׁמְךָ֥ יְהוָ֑ה וְֽ סָלַחְתָּ֥ לַ֝...
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...
For thy (h) name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it [is] great. (h) For no other respect....
_Innocence. He opposes the integrity of his proceedings to that of the wicked. (Calmet) --- Yet still calls for mercy. (Haydock) --- Every one should strive to be innocent, and to avoid the company of...
There is a great singularity in this petition. Men, in their dealings with one another, plead, when they ask for forgiveness, either the slenderness of their offence, or that it hath not been repeated...
Psalms 24 _ Proper Psalm for Ascension Day_ (_Evening_). PSALMS 24-26 = _ Day 5_ (_Morning_)....
11._For thy name’s sake, O Jehovah! _As in the original text the copulative _and _is inserted between the two clauses of this verse, some think that the first clause is incomplete, and that some word...
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...
FOR THY NAME'S SAKE, O LORD, PARDON MINE INIQUITY,.... Which to do is one of the promises and blessings of the covenant. The psalmist may have reference to his sin with Bathsheba, as Kimchi observes;...
For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it [is] great. Ver. 11. For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity] Never did prisoner at the bar beg more earnestly for his life than Da...
_For thy name's sake_ That is, for the honour of thy goodness and truth, which is concerned herein, _pardon mine iniquity, for it is great_ And therefore only such a merciful and gracious God as thou...
A PRAYER FOR MERCIFUL PROTECTION AND GUIDANCE. A psalm of David....
For Thy name's sake, O Lord, in order to bring honor and glory upon Himself, PARDON MINE INIQUITY, the guilt which he had loaded upon himself by his transgressions; FOR IT IS GREAT, a confession to wh...
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...
FOR THY NAME'S SAKE, i.e. for the honour of thy goodness and truth, which is concerned herein. FOR IT IS GREAT; and therefore none but such a God can pardon it, and nothing but thy own name can move t...
Psalms 25:11 names H8034 LORD H3068 Pardon H5545 (H8804) iniquity H5771 great H7227 thy - Psalm
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...
_For Thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great._ A PRAYER FOR PARDON AND ITS PLEA The context shows that this is the prayer of a man who had long loved and served God. Yet side b...
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...
1 John 2:12; Ezekiel 20:9; Ezekiel 36:22; Isaiah 43:25; Isaiah 48:9;...
For — Or, though (as this particle is often rendered) it be great. Possibly he speaks of his sin against Uriah and Bathsheba. Great — Or, much or manifold. For the Hebrew word signifies both great and...