By David. O Lord, I come before you in prayer. ² 

biblegateway Psa 25:1

<< A Psalm of David.>> To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.

Davidic. LORD, I turn my hope to You.

By David. To you, O LORD, I lift my soul.

biblegateway Psa 25:1

Of David. To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul;

Of David. To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.

bibleoremus Psa 25:1

To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.

For David LORD my God, to you I lift my heart.

biblegateway Psa 25:1

<< A Psalm of David.>> To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.

<<[A Psalm] of David.>> Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

biblegateway Psa 25:1

By David. O Lord, I come before you in prayer. ² 

¹ sn Psalm 25. The psalmist asks for divine protection, guidance and forgiveness as he affirms his loyalty to and trust in the Lord. This psalm is an acrostic; every verse begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet, except for v. 18, which, like v. 19, begins with ר (resh) instead of the expected ק (qof). The final verse, which begins with פ (pe), stands outside the acrostic scheme.

² tn Heb “to you, O Lord, my life I lift up.” To “lift up” one’s “life” to the Lord means to express one’s trust in him through prayer. See Pss 86:4; 143:8.