Psalm 25

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹ To you, O Lord, I will lift up my soul.
² In you I have trusted, O my God.
Do not let me be put to shame.
Do not let my enemies triumph over me.
³ All who hope in you will never be put to shame,
but those who are treacherous for no reason will be put to shame.

⁴ Make known to me your ways, O Lord.
Teach me your paths.
⁵ Make me walk in your truth and teach me,
because you are the God who saves me.
In you I hope all day long.
⁶ Remember, O Lord, your compassion and your mercy,
for they are from eternity.^[a]
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways.
According to your mercy remember me,
because of your goodness, O Lord.
⁸ Good and upright is the Lord.
Therefore, he instructs sinners in the right way.
⁹ He directs the humble to what is just,
and he teaches the humble his way.
¹⁰ All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth
    for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
¹¹ For the sake of your name, O Lord,
you forgive my guilt, although it is great.

¹² Who, then, is the man who fears the Lord?
The Lord will instruct him in the way he chooses.
¹³ That man will enjoy a good life,
and his descendants will possess the land.
¹⁴ The guidance^[b] of the Lord is with those who fear him.
His covenant will give them knowledge.

¹⁵ My eyes are always on the Lord,
because he frees my feet from the net.
¹⁶ Turn toward me and be gracious to me,
because I am lonely and afflicted.
¹⁷ The distress of my heart increases.^[c]
Bring me out of my anguish.
¹⁸ See my affliction and my trouble,
and take away all my sins.
¹⁹ See my enemies—
how they have increased,
and how violently they hate me!
²⁰ Guard my life and rescue me.
Do not let me be put to shame,
for I have taken refuge in you.
²¹ May integrity and uprightness protect me,
    because I wait for you.
²² Redeem Israel, O God, from all its distress!