Psalms 25

¹ Of David. I wait for you, O LORD; I lift up my soul

² to my God. In you I trust; do not let me be disgraced; do not let my enemies gloat over me.

³ No one is disgraced who waits for you, but only those who lightly break faith.

⁴ Make known to me your ways, LORD; teach me your paths.

⁵ Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior. For you I wait all the long day, because of your goodness, LORD.

⁶ Remember your compassion and love, O LORD; for they are ages old.

⁷ Remember no more the sins of my youth; remember me only in light of your love.

⁸ Good and upright is the LORD, who shows sinners the way,

⁹ Guides the humble rightly, and teaches the humble the way.

¹⁰ All the paths of the LORD are faithful love toward those who honor the covenant demands.

¹¹ For the sake of your name, LORD, pardon my guilt, though it is great.

¹² Who are those who fear the LORD? God shows them the way to choose.

¹³ They live well and prosper, and their descendants inherit the land.

¹⁴ The counsel of the LORD belongs to the faithful; the covenant instructs them.

¹⁵ My eyes are ever upon the LORD, who frees my feet from the snare.

¹⁶ Look upon me, have pity on me, for I am alone and afflicted.

¹⁷ Relieve the troubles of my heart; bring me out of my distress.

¹⁸ Put an end to my affliction and suffering; take away all my sins.

¹⁹ See how many are my enemies, see how fiercely they hate me.

²⁰ Preserve my life and rescue me; do not let me be disgraced, for I trust in you.

²¹ Let honesty and virtue preserve me; I wait for you, O LORD.

²² Redeem Israel, God, from all its distress!