Psalms 25

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 [Of David] ADORATION I offer, Yahweh,	1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. To thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul.
2 to you, my God. BUT in my trust in you do not put me to shame, let not my enemies gloat over me.	2 In thee, O my God, I put my trust; let me not be ashamed.
3 CALLING to you, none shal ever be put to shame, but shame is theirs who groundlessly break faith.	3 Neither let my enemies laugh at me: for none of them that wait on thee shall be confounded.
4 DIRECT me in your ways, Yahweh, and teach me your paths.	4 Let all them be confounded that act unjust things without cause. Shew, O Lord, thy ways to me, and teach me thy paths.
5 ENCOURAGE me to walk in your truth and teach me since you are the God who saves me. FOR myhope is in you all day long -- such is your generosity, Yahweh.	5 Direct me in thy truth, and teach me; for thou art God my Saviour; and on thee have I waited all the day long.
6 GOODNESS and faithful love have been yours for ever, Yahweh, do not forget them.	6 Remember, O Lord, thy bowels of compassion; and thy mercies that are from the beginning of the world.
7 HOLD not my youthful sins against me, but remember me as your faithful love dictates.	7 The sins of my youth and my ignorances do not remember. According to thy mercy remember thou me: for thy goodness' sake, O Lord.
8 INTEGRITY and generosity are marks of Yahweh for he brings sinners back to the path.	8 The Lord is sweet and righteous: therefore he will give a law to sinners in the way.
9 JUDICIOUSLY he guides the humble, instructing the poor in his way.	9 He will guide the mild in judgment: he will teach the meek his ways.
10 KINDNESS unfailing and constancy mark al Yahweh's paths, for those who keep his covenant andhis decrees.	10 All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth, to them that seek after his covenant and his testimonies.
11 LET my sin, great though it is, be forgiven, Yahweh, for the sake of your name.	11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, thou wilt pardon my sin: for it is great.
12 MEN who respect Yahweh, what of them? He teaches them the way they must choose.	12 Who is the man that feareth the Lord? He hath appointed him a law in the way he hath chosen.
13 NEIGHBOURS to happiness wil they live, and their children inherit the land.	13 His soul shall dwell in good things: and his seed shall inherit the land.
14 ONLY those who fear Yahweh have his secret and his covenant, for their understanding.	14 The Lord is a firmament to them that fear him: and his covenant shall be made manifest to them.
15 PERMANENTLY my eyes are on Yahweh, for he will free my feet from the snare.	15 My eyes are ever towards the Lord: for he shall pluck my feet out of the snare.
16 QUICK, turn to me, pity me, alone and wretched as I am!	16 Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me; for I am alone and poor.
17 RELIEVE the distress of my heart, bring me out of my constraint.	17 The troubles of my heart are multiplied: deliver me from my necessities.
18 SPARE a glance for my misery and pain, take al my sins away.	18 See my abjection and my labour; and forgive me all my sins.
19 TAKE note how countless are my enemies, how violent their hatred for me.	19 Consider my enemies for they are multiplied, and have hated me with an unjust hatred.
20 UNLESS you guard me and rescue me I shall be put to shame, for you are my refuge.	20 Keep thou my soul, and deliver me: I shall not be ashamed, for I have hoped in thee.
21 VIRTUE and integrity be my protection, for my hope, Yahweh, is in you.	21 The innocent and the upright have adhered to me: because I have waited on thee.
22 Ransom Israel, O God, from al its troubles.	22 Deliver Israel, O God, from all his tribulations.