PSALM XXV. [A] 1 Unto thee, O Jehovah, I lift up my soul, Thee I have anxiously-looked-for all the day. 2 In thee, O my God, I have-placed-my-trust, let-me not be-brought-to-shame, Let not mine enemies triumph over me. 3 Yea, let none be-brought-to-shame, who anxi ously-look-for thee; * Let the revolters to vanity be-brought-to shame. ד r 4 Shew me thy ways, O Jehovah, Teach me thy paths. 5 Guide me according to thy truth, and teach me; For thou art the God of my salvation. * Idolaters and infidels. 6 And pardon thou my iniquity, because of thy goodness, O Jehovah Truly that is great! 7 Remember thy tender-mercies, O Jehovah, and thy loving-kindnesses, Truly they are of old. л 8 The 8 The trespasses of my youth and my disobediences remember not; Remember thou me according to thy mercy. 9 Good and upright is Jehovah, Therefore he will instruct sinners in the way. 10 He will guide the meek according-to-the-planof-judgement, t And he will teach the meek his way. *"That," namely," thy goodness." + I think the word up here, and in some other places, signifies the settled plan by which God will finally judge the world,—the Constitution of his Moral Kingdom. ל 11 All the paths of Jehovah are mercy and truth*, To such as observe his covenant and his re velations. 12 For the sake of thy name, O Jehovah, 13 What man is this that feareth Jehovah ? Him-he-shall-instruct in the way which he chooseth. 14 His soul shall rest in bliss, [B] And his seed shall inherit the earth. 15 The secret of Jehovah is with them that fear him, And his covenant is to give-them-knowledge.[C] 16 Mine eyes are ever towards Jehovah, 17 Turn thee toward me, and take-pity-upon me, For I am deserted and afflicted. [D] * Rather, constancy or immutability. Mercy, or kindness, and immutability, i. e. constant, never failing kindness. 3 18 Set-at-large the sorrowful-contractions of my heart, And bring me out of my difficulties. [E] P 19 Cut short my affliction and vexation, And pardon all my trespasses. 20 Behold mine enemies, for they are mighty *; And with a cruel hatred they hate me. 21 Guard my soul, and deliver me; Let-me not be-brought-to-shame, for-that Ihave-taken-shelter with thee. 22 Let loyalty and integrity preserve me : PSALMS XXVI. AND XXVII. DR KENNICOTT divides the 27th psalm into two, * Or, numerous. considering the first six verses and the last eight, as two different songs. I join the first six verses of the 27th to the preceding psalm, and agree with Dr Kennicott, that the last eight make of themselves an entire song. PSALM XXVI. THE author of this psalm prays for God's protection against enemies, who had set a price upon his life. [v. 10.] He pleads his attachment to God's service, and his abhorrence of idolaters and their practices. In the 12th verse, he promises himself the protection which he had asked, and triumphs in the certainty of this hope through the remainder of the song, which consists of six verses very improperly divided from this, and made the first six of the next, psalm. 1 Give-sentence-for-me, O Jehovah, for I-have-persevered in my loyalty, And upon Jehovah I have-placed-my trust.-Let me not slide. |