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<p id="Chapter25" align="center">Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET<br>PSALM 25
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<p id="Ps25_1"><a onclick="return mV('Psa',25,'1-22');">Psa 25:1-22</a>.
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<p>The general tone of this Psalm is that of prayer for help from enemies. Distress, however, exciting a sense of sin, humble confession, supplication for pardon, preservation from sin, and divine guidance, are prominent topics.
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<p><b>1. lift up my soul</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',24,4);">Psa 24:4</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',86,4);">86:4</a>), set my affections (compare <a onclick="return mV('Col',3,2);">Col 3:2</a>).
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<p id="Ps25_2"><b>2. not be ashamed</b>—by disappointment of hopes of relief.
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<p id="Ps25_3"><b>3.</b> The prayer generalized as to all who <i>wait on God</i>—that is, who expect His favor. On the other hand, the disappointment of the perfidious, who, unprovoked, have done evil, is invoked (compare <a onclick="return mV('2Sa',22,9);">2Sa 22:9</a>).
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<p id="Ps25_4"><b>4, 5.</b> On the ground of former favor, he invokes divine guidance, according to God's gracious ways of dealing and faithfulness.
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<p id="Ps25_6"><b>6, 7.</b> Confessing past and present sins, he pleads for mercy, not on palliations of sin, but on God's well-known benevolence.
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<p id="Ps25_8"><b>8, 9. upright</b>—acting according to His promise.
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<br><br><b>sinners</b>—the general term, limited by
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<br><br><b>meek</b>—who are <i>penitent.</i> the way—and <b>his way</b>—God's way of providence.
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<p id="Ps25_9"><b>9. in judgment</b>—rightly.
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<p id="Ps25_10"><b>10. paths</b>—similar sense—His modes of dealing (compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',25,4);">Psa 25:4</a>).
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<br><br><b>mercy and truth</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Job',14,'1-22');">Job 14:1-22</a>), God's grace in promising and faithfulness in performing.
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<p id="Ps25_11"><b>11.</b> God's perfections of love, mercy, goodness, and truth are manifested (<i>his name,</i> compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',9,10);">Psa 9:10</a>) in pardoning sin, and the greatness of sin renders pardon more needed.
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<p id="Ps25_12"><b>12, 13.</b> What he asks for himself is the common lot of all the pious.
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<p id="Ps25_13"><b>13. inherit the earth</b>—(compare <a onclick="return mV('Mat',5,5);">Mat 5:5</a>). The phrase, alluding to the promise of Canaan, expresses all the blessings included in that promise, temporal as well as spiritual.
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<p id="Ps25_14"><b>14.</b> The reason of the blessing explained—the pious enjoy communion with God (compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',3,21);">Pro 3:21</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Pro',3,12);">Pro 3:12</a>), and, of course, learn His gracious terms of pardon.
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<p id="Ps25_15"><b>15.</b> His trust in God is fixed.
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<br><br><b>net</b>—is frequently used as a figure for dangers by enemies (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',9,15);">Psa 9:15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',10,9);">10:9</a>).
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<p id="Ps25_16"><b>16-19.</b> A series of earnest appeals for aid because God had seemed to desert him (compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',13,1);">Psa 13:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',17,13);">17:13</a>, etc.), his sins oppressed him, his enemies had enlarged his troubles and were multiplied, increasing in hate and violence (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',9,8);">Psa 9:8</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',18,48);">18:48</a>).
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<p id="Ps25_20"><b>20. keep my soul</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',16,1);">Psa 16:1</a>).
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<br><br><b>put my trust</b>—flee for refuge (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',2,12);">Psa 2:12</a>).
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<p id="Ps25_21"><b>21.</b> In conscious innocence of the faults charged by his enemies, he confidently commits his cause to God. Some refer— <b>integrity,</b> etc.—to God, meaning His covenant faithfulness. This sense, though good, is an unusual application of the terms.
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<p id="Ps25_22"><b>22.</b> Extend these blessings to all Thy people in all their distresses.
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