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Psalm 25 :: New International Version (NIV)

Psa 25:1

Psa 25:1[fn]Of David. In you, LORD my God, I put my trust.

Psa 25:2

Psa 25:2I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.

Psa 25:3

Psa 25:3No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame, but shame will come on those who are treacherous without cause.

Psa 25:4

Psa 25:4Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths.

Psa 25:5

Psa 25:5Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

Psa 25:6

Psa 25:6Remember, LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.

Psa 25:7

Psa 25:7Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you, LORD, are good.

Psa 25:8

Psa 25:8Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.

Psa 25:9

Psa 25:9He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.

Psa 25:10

Psa 25:10All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.

Psa 25:11

Psa 25:11For the sake of your name, LORD, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.

Psa 25:12

Psa 25:12Who, then, are those who fear the LORD? He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.[fn]

Psa 25:13

Psa 25:13They will spend their days in prosperity, and their descendants will inherit the land.

Psa 25:14

Psa 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.

Psa 25:15

Psa 25:15My eyes are ever on the LORD, for only he will release my feet from the snare.

Psa 25:16

Psa 25:16Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.

Psa 25:17

Psa 25:17Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish.

Psa 25:18

Psa 25:18Look on my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins.

Psa 25:19

Psa 25:19See how numerous are my enemies and how fiercely they hate me!

Psa 25:20

Psa 25:20Guard my life and rescue me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.

Psa 25:21

Psa 25:21May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, LORD,[fn] is in you.

Psa 25:22

Psa 25:22Deliver Israel, O God, from all their troubles!
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NIV Footnotes
This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Or ways he chooses
Septuagint; Hebrew does not have LORD.
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