Psalms 25:3

Render with R.V.

Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed:

They shall be ashamed that deal treacherously without cause.

The words are not a prayer, but the expression of a conviction corresponding to and justifying the prayer of Psalms 25:2. Cp. Romans 5:3-5. It certainly gains in point if the last clause of Psalms 25:5 is joined to Psalms 25:1, and the Psalmist has already spoken of himself as one of "those who wait on Jehovah."

which transgress Rather as R.V., that deal treacherously: a word used of faithless, treacherous conduct towards men (Judges 9:23), or God (Jeremiah 3:20): here of the faithless desertion of God which is the opposite of patiently waiting upon Him. Cp. Psalms 119:158.

without cause Or, to no purpose, without result.