Teks -- Psalms 25:8 (NET)

25:8 The Lord is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live.

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Wesley: Psa 25:8 - Upright

Holy and true, in all his declarations and offers of mercy to sinners.

Wesley: Psa 25:8 - Therefore

He will not be wanting to such poor sinners as I am, but will guide them into the way of life and peace.

JFB: Psa 25:8-9 - upright

Acting according to His promise.

JFB: Psa 25:8-9 - sinners

The general term, limited by the

JFB: Psa 25:8-9 - meek

Who are penitent.

JFB: Psa 25:8-9 - the way

And his way--God's way of providence.

Clarke: Psa 25:8 - Good and upright is the Lord

Good and upright is the Lord - He is good in his nature, and righteous in his conduct

Clarke: Psa 25:8 - Therefore will he teach sinners

Therefore will he teach sinners - Because he is good, he will teach sinners, though they deserve nothing but destruction: and because he is right, he will teach them the true way.

Calvin: Psa 25:8 - Good and upright is Jehovah

8.Good and upright is Jehovah Pausing for a little as it were in the prosecution of his prayer, he exercises his thoughts in meditation upon the goodness of God, that he may return with renewed ardor to prayer. The faithful feel that their hearts soon languish in prayer, unless they are constantly stirring themselves up to it by new incitements; so rare and difficult a thing is it to persevere steadfastly and unweariedly in this duty. And, indeed, as one must frequently lay on fuel in order to preserve a fire, so the exercise of prayer requires the aid of such helps, that it may not languish, and at length be entirely extinguished. David, therefore, desirous to encourage himself to perseverance, speaks to himself, and affirms that God is good and upright, that, gathering new strength by meditating on this truth, he may return with the more alacrity to prayer. But we must observe this consequence — that as God is good and upright, he stretches forth his hand to sinners to bring them back again into the way. To attribute to God an uprightness which he may exercise only towards the worthy and the meritorious, is a cold view of his character, and of little advantage to sinners, and yet the world commonly apprehends that God is good in no other sense. How comes it to pass that scarcely one in a hundred applies to himself the mercy of God, if it is not because men limit it to those who are worthy of it? No on the contrary, it is here said, that God gives a proof of his uprightness when he shows to transgressors the way; and this is of the same import as to call them to repentance, and to teach them to live uprightly. And, indeed, if the goodness of God did not penetrate even to hell, no man would ever become a partaker of it. Let the Papists then boast as they please of their imaginary preparations, but let us regard this as a sure and certain doctrine, that if God do not prevent men by his grace, they shall all utterly perish. David, therefore, here commends this preventing grace, as it is called, which is manifested either when God in calling us at first renews, by the Spirit of regeneration, our corrupt nature, or when he brings us back again into the right way, after we have gone astray from him by our sins. For since even those whom God receives for his disciples are here called sinners, it follows that he renews them by his Holy Spirit that they may become docile and obedient.

TSK: Psa 25:8 - Good // upright // teach

Good : Psa 119:68

upright : Psa 92:15; Isa 26:7

teach : Pro 1:20-23, Pro 2:1-6, Pro 9:4-6; Mic 4:2; Mat 9:13, Mat 11:29, Mat 11:30; Luk 11:13; Joh 6:44, Joh 6:45; 2Co 4:6; Eph 1:17, Eph 1:18; Jam 1:5

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Poole: Psa 25:8 - Good // Upright

Good i.e. bountiful and gracious to sinners, ready to do good, and delighting in it.

Upright or, right , i.e. holy and true, sincere in making promises, and in all his declarations and offers of mercy to sinners, and faithful in fulfilling them. Being such a one, he will not be wanting to such poor sinners as I am, but will guide them by his word, and Spirit, and gracious providence into the way of life and peace. By

sinners he doth not understand all that are so; not such as are obstinate, and proud, and scornful, whom God hath declared that he will not teach nor direct, but will leave them to the errors and lusts of their own hearts, and will blind and harden them to their ruin, as is often expressed in Scripture; but only such as, being truly sensible of their sins, do humbly and earnestly seek God for his grace and mercy, or such as are meek, as the next verse explains it; for these he will not fail to assist and relieve.

Haydock: Psa 25:8 - Beauty // Mehon

Beauty. The ark, 1 Kings iv. 22. Symmachus, "the palace." (Calmet) ---

Hebrew, "the dwelling." The psalmist desires to imitate those fervent Levites, who chose always to attend the tabernacle, Deuteronomy xviii. 6. (Calmet) ---

Mehon, when applied to the "dwelling" of God, may be properly rendered a temple, heaven, &c., Deuteronomy xxvi. 15. (Berthier) ---

No one who reflects on the blessings dispensed in God's house, can fail to be struck with admiration. (Worthington)

Gill: Psa 25:8 - Good and upright is the Lord // therefore will he teach sinners in the way

Good and upright is the Lord,.... He is essentially, originally, and independently good of himself in his own nature, and he is providentially good to all his creatures; and he is in a way of special grace and mercy good to his own people: and he is "upright", just in himself, righteous in all his ways and works, and faithful in all his promises; and the consideration of these excellent perfections of his encouraged the psalmist to entertain an holy confidence, that his petitions, respecting instruction and guidance in the ways of the Lord, Psa 25:4; would be heard and answered, notwithstanding his sins and transgressions;

therefore will he teach sinners in the way; such who are in sinful ways, he will teach them by his word and Spirit the evil of their ways, and bring them out of them, and to repentance for them; and he will teach them his own ways, both the ways and methods of his grace, in saving sinners by Christ, and the paths of faith and duty in which he would have them walk; see Psa 51:13.