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Psalm 25:4-5 KJV
Psalms · chapter 25 · verses 4–5
4Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. 5Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.Psalm 25:4-5 · King James Version
What Psalm 25:4-5 means
Shew, teach, lead, teach again — David asks four times in two verses, which is what it looks like to actually want direction. The reason he gives is not his need but God's character: thou art the God of my salvation. And waiting all the day is part of the asking.
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Psalm 25:4-5 in context
2O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
3Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
4Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
5Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
6Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
Commentary
Cross references
- Psalms 86:11
- Psalms 143:8
- Psalms 27:11
- Psalms 119:27
- Exodus 33:13
- Psalms 5:8
- Jeremiah 6:16
- Isaiah 2:3
- Proverbs 8:34
- Isaiah 30:18
- John 14:26
- Psalms 25:10
Key words (Strong's)
- salvationyeshaʻliberty, deliverance, prosperityH3468 →
- teachlâmadproperly, to goadH3925 →
- truthʼemethstabilityH571 →
- Shewyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- waysdereka roadH1870 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- Leaddârakto treadH1869 →
- waitqâvâhto bind togetherH6960 →
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Here we have David's professions of desire towards God and dependence on him. He often begins his psalms with such professions, not to move God, but to move himself, and to engage himself to answer those professions. I. He professes his desire towards God: Unto thee, O Lord! do I lift up my soul, Psa 25:1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7