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Psalms Capítulo 25
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Ps 25:1-22.
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2. not be ashamed--by disappointment of hopes of relief.
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3. The prayer generalized as to all who wait on God--that is, who expect His favor. On the other hand, the disappointment of the perfidious, who, unprovoked, have done evil, is invoked (compare
2Sa 22:9).
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4, 5. On the ground of former favor, he invokes divine guidance, according to God's gracious ways of dealing and faithfulness.
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6, 7. Confessing past and present sins, he pleads for mercy, not on palliations of sin, but on God's well-known benevolence.
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8, 9. upright--acting according to His promise.
sinners--the general term, limited by the
meek--who are penitent.
the way--and his way--God's way of providence.
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9. in judgment--rightly.
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10. paths--similar sense--His modes of dealing (compare
Ps 25:4).
mercy and truth--
(Job 14:1-22),
God's grace in promising and faithfulness in performing.
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11. God's perfections of love, mercy, goodness, and truth are manifested (his name, compare
Ps 9:10)
in pardoning sin, and the greatness of sin renders pardon more needed.
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12, 13. What he asks for himself is the common lot of all the pious.
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13. inherit the earth--(compare
Mt 5:5).
The phrase, alluding to the promise of Canaan, expresses all the blessings included in that promise, temporal as well as spiritual.
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14. The reason of the blessing explained--the pious enjoy communion with God (compare
Pr 3:21, 12),
and, of course, learn His gracious terms of pardon.
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15. His trust in God is fixed.
net--is frequently used as a figure for dangers by enemies
(Ps 9:15; 10:9).
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16-19. A series of earnest appeals for aid because God had seemed to desert him (compare
Ps 13:1; 17:13,
&c.), his sins oppressed him, his enemies had enlarged his troubles and were multiplied, increasing in hate and violence
(Ps 9:8; 18:48).
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20. keep my soul--
(Ps 16:1).
put my trust--flee for refuge
(Ps 2:12).
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21. In conscious innocence of the faults charged by his enemies, he confidently commits his cause to God. Some refer--
integrity, &c.--to God, meaning His covenant faithfulness. This sense, though good, is an unusual application of the terms.
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22. Extend these blessings to all Thy people in all their distresses.
Ps 25:1-22.
The general tone of this Psalm is that of prayer for help from enemies. Distress, however, exciting a sense of sin, humble confession, supplication for pardon, preservation from sin, and divine guidance, are prominent topics.
1. lift up my soul--
(Ps 24:4; 86:4),
set my affections (compare
Col 3:2).