Psalms 25:1–22

^{Of David.}

^{א [’A′leph]}

¹To you, O Jehovah, I raise my very soul.

^{ב [Behth]2}O my God, in you have I put my trust;
O may I not be ashamed.
May my enemies not exult over me.

^{ג [Gi′mel]3}Also, none of those hoping in you will be ashamed.
They will be ashamed who are dealing treacherously without success.

^{ד [Da′leth]4}Make me know your own ways, O Jehovah;
Teach me your own paths.

^{ה [He’]5}Make me walk in your truth and teach me,
For you are my God of salvation.
^ו [Waw]
In you I have hoped all day long.

^{ז [Za′yin]6}Remember your mercies, O Jehovah, and your loving‐kindnesses,
For they are from time indefinite.

^{ח [Chehth]7}The sins of my youth and my revolts O do not remember.
According to your loving‐kindness do you yourself remember me,
For the sake of your goodness, O Jehovah.

^{ט [Tehth]8}Good and upright is Jehovah.
That is why he instructs sinners in the way.

^{י [Yohdh]9}He will cause the meek ones to walk in [his] judicial decision,
And he will teach the meek ones his way.

^{כ [Kaph]10}All the paths of Jehovah are loving‐kindness and trueness
For those observing his covenant and his reminders.

^{ל [La′medh]11}For your name’s sake, O Jehovah,
You must even forgive my error, for it is considerable.

^מ [Mem]12Who, now, is the man fearful of Jehovah?
He will instruct him in the way [that] he will choose.

^נ [Nun]13His own soul will lodge in goodness itself,
And his own offspring will take possession of the earth.

^{ס [Sa′mekh]14}The intimacy with Jehovah belongs to those fearful of him,
Also his covenant, to cause them to know it.

^{ע [‛A′yin]15}My eyes are constantly toward Jehovah,
For he it is that brings my feet out of the net.

^{פ [Pe’]16}Turn your face to me, and show me favor;
For I am solitary and afflicted.

^{צ [Tsa‧dheh′]17}Distresses of my heart have multiplied;
From the stresses upon me O bring me out.

^{ר [Rehsh]18}See my affliction and my trouble,
And pardon all my sins.

¹⁹See how many my enemies have become,
And with a violent hatred they have hated me.

^{ש [Shin]20}Do guard my soul and deliver me.
May I not be ashamed, for I have taken refuge in you.

^ת [Taw]21Let integrity and uprightness themselves safeguard me,
For I have hoped in you.

²²O God, redeem Israel out of all his distresses.