Psalm 25

To You I Lift Up My Soul

Of David.^a

¹ To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;

² in You, my God, I trust.

Do not let me be put to shame;

do not let my enemies exult over me.

³ Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame;

but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.

⁴ Show me Your ways, O LORD;

teach me Your paths.

⁵ Guide me in Your truth and teach me,

for You are the God of my salvation;

all day long I wait for You.

⁶ Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion,

for they are from age to age.

⁷ Remember not the sins of my youth,

nor my rebellious acts;

remember me according to Your loving devotion,

because of Your goodness, O LORD.

⁸ Good and upright is the LORD;

therefore He shows sinners the way.

⁹ He guides the humble in what is right

and teaches them His way.

¹⁰ All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful

to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.

¹¹ For the sake of Your name, O LORD,

forgive my iniquity, for it is great.

¹² Who is the man who fears the LORD?

He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.

¹³ His soul will dwell in prosperity,

and his descendants will inherit the land.

¹⁴ The LORD confides in those who fear Him,

and reveals His covenant to them.

¹⁵ My eyes are always on the LORD,

for He will free my feet from the mesh.

¹⁶ Turn to me and be gracious,

for I am lonely and afflicted.

¹⁷ The troubles of my heart increase;

free me from my distress.

¹⁸ Consider my affliction and trouble,

and take away all my sins.

¹⁹ Consider my enemies, for they are many,

and they hate me with vicious hatred.

²⁰ Guard my soul and deliver me;

let me not be put to shame,

for I take refuge in You.

²¹ May integrity and uprightness preserve me,

because I wait for You.^b

²² Redeem Israel, O God,

from all its distress.