25:4 Make me understand your ways, O Lord!
Teach me your paths! 1
25:5 Guide me into your truth 2 and teach me.
For you are the God who delivers me;
on you I rely all day long.
25:6 Remember 3 your compassionate and faithful deeds, O Lord,
for you have always acted in this manner. 4
25:7 Do not hold against me 5 the sins of my youth 6 or my rebellious acts!
Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O Lord! 7
25:8 The Lord is both kind and fair; 8
that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live. 9
25:9 May he show 10 the humble what is right! 11
May he teach 12 the humble his way!
25:10 The Lord always proves faithful and reliable 13
to those who follow the demands of his covenant. 14
25:11 For the sake of your reputation, 15 O Lord,
forgive my sin, because it is great. 16
25:12 The Lord shows his faithful followers
the way they should live. 17
25:13 They experience his favor; 18
their descendants 19 inherit the land. 20
25:14 The Lord’s loyal followers receive his guidance, 21
and he reveals his covenantal demands to them. 22
25:15 I continually look to the Lord for help, 23
for he will free my feet from the enemy’s net. 24
25:16 Turn toward me and have mercy on me,
for I am alone 25 and oppressed!
25:17 Deliver me from my distress; 26
rescue me from my suffering! 27
25:18 See my pain and suffering!
Forgive all my sins! 28
25:19 Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me;
they hate me and want to harm me. 29
25:20 Protect me 30 and deliver me!
Please do not let me be humiliated,
for I have taken shelter in you!
25:21 May integrity and godliness protect me,
for I rely on you!
25:22 O God, rescue 31 Israel
from all their distress! 32