Psalms 25:1–22

¹ Of David. To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul; ² in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me. ³ Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced. ⁴ Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths. ⁵ Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You. ⁶ Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age. ⁷ Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD. ⁸ Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way. ⁹ He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way. ¹⁰ All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees. ¹¹ For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great. ¹² Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him. ¹³ His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land. ¹⁴ The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them. ¹⁵ My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh. ¹⁶ Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted. ¹⁷ The troubles of my heart increase; free me from my distress. ¹⁸ Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins. ¹⁹ Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred. ²⁰ Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You. ²¹ May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You. ²² Redeem Israel, O God, from all its distress.