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Verse Psalms 25:16. _TURN THEE UNTO ME_] Probably the prayer of the
poor captives in Babylon, which is continued through this and the
remaining verses....
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TURN THEE UNTO ME - Rather, the Hebrew means: “look upon me.” The
idea, however, is that the face of God was, as it were, turned in
another direction, or that He was not attentive to him; and he prays...
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PSALM 25-39
The fifteen Psalms which follow give the deep soul exercise of the
godly. All fifteen, except the thirty-third, are marked as Psalms of
David. Much of it expresses undoubtedly his own indi...
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XXV. An acrostic poem composed of religious maxims and prayers which
have little or no connexion with each other. The text is imperfect,
for in Psalms 25:18 f. the letter Q is omitted and R is repeate...
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HAVE MERCY UPON. show kindness to. Hebrew. _hanan._ Not the same word
as in verses: Psalms 25:6; Psalms 25:7.
DESOLATE. [Thine] only One. Hebrew. _yachid._ See note on Deuteronomy
6:4. Septuagint. mon...
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Renewed prayer, for deliverance and preservation....
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_Turn thee_ Or, _look_: the opposite of -hiding the face" (Psalms
22:24). Cp. Psalms 86:16; Psalms 119:132.
_have mercy upon me_ Be gracious unto me. See...
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PSALMS 25
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
An Alphabetical Psalm of Supplication.
ANALYSIS
Seven lines of Direct Address to Jehovah, Psalms 25:1-7; three lines
in Praise of Jehovah, Psalms 25:8-10; one line of Di...
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_TURN THEE UNTO ME, AND HAVE MERCY UPON ME; FOR I AM DESOLATE AND
AFFLICTED._
Turn thee unto me ... for I am desolate - literally, 'solitary'
(Psalms 68:6). David, though a king; with large armies fe...
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This is the second of the 'acrostic' or 'alphabetic' Pss. (cp. 9, 10).
As it now stands there are a few irregularities in the arrangement,
some of which appear again in Psalms 34. The closing v. sugge...
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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פְּנֵה ־אֵלַ֥י וְ חָנֵּ֑נִי כִּֽי
־יָחִ֖יד וְ
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Psalms 25:1
THE recurrence of the phrase "lift up the soul" may have determined
the place of this psalm next to Psalms 24:1. It is acrostic, but with
irregularities. As the text now stands, the second...
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A PRAYER FOR PARDON AND PROTECTION
Psalms 25:1
This is an acrostic or alphabetical psalm. The verses begin with the
successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet, to aid the memory. So also
in Psalms 9:1...
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The sob of a great sorrow sounds throughout this psalm. The
circumstances of its writing were those of desolation, affliction,
distress, travail, as the latter part especially shows. Yet the main
cont...
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I do not interrupt the reading through the whole of these verses;
their plain and obvious meaning they carry along with them. They bear
a decided testimony to divine faithfulness, and man's necessitie...
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Psalms 24
_ Proper Psalm for Ascension Day_ (_Evening_).
PSALMS 24-26 = _ Day 5_ (_Morning_)....
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16._Have respect unto me. _As the flesh is ever ready to suggest to
our minds that God has forgotten us, when he ceases to manifest his
power in aiding us, David here follows the order which nature
di...
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Christ has been introduced, not indeed yet in glory, but associating
Himself with the remnant, and suffering even unto death for them.
Hence their whole case can be prophetically gone into. And here f...
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TURN THEE UNTO ME, AND HAVE MERCY UPON ME,.... Or "look unto me", or
"upon me" f; which suggests that the Lord had turned himself, and hid
his face from him; and expresses a desire that he would look...
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Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I [am] desolate and
afflicted.
Ver. 16. _Turn thee unto me_] Heb. Face about towards me.
_ And have mercy upon me_] There being no such mercy as to hav...
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_Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord_ My trust is in him, and my
expectation of relief is from him only. _He shall pluck my feet out of
the net_ He will deliver me out of all my temptations and
tribula...
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Turn Thee unto me, in compassionate attention, AND HAVE MERCY UPON ME;
FOR I AM DESOLATE AND AFFLICTED, it being the lot of the true
believers to be isolated and ostracized by the children of the worl...
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A PRAYER FOR MERCIFUL PROTECTION AND GUIDANCE.
A psalm of David....
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15-22 The psalmist concludes, as he began, with expressing dependence
upon God, and desire toward him. It is good thus to hope, and quietly
to wait for the salvation of the Lord. And if God turns to...
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TURN THEE UNTO ME; turn thy face and favour to me, O thou who now hast
turned thy back upon me, and forsaken me. I AM DESOLATE; destitute of
all other hopes and succours; persecuted by mine enemies, a...
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THE PSALMIST NOW PRAYS FOR DELIVERANCE FROM HIS AFFLICTIONS AND AGAIN
FOR FORGIVENESS FOR HIS SINS (PSALMS 25:16).
Following the confidence expressed in the previous verses the
Psalmist's situation no...
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Psalms 25:1. _Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul._
It is down; and I would fain lift it up; yet I am powerless to do so
if I am left to myself. When the soul cleaves to the earth, who but
God ca...
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CONTENTS: Prayer for guidance, forgiveness, mercy and deliverance.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: It is our duty and privilege to trustingly wait upon the
Lord in adoration, supplication and se...
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Psalms 25:1. _To thee, oh Lord, do I lift up my soul_ anew, now in
this time of war and danger.
Psalms 25:5. _On thee do I wait all the day._ David speaks of his
blessing the Lord seven times a day; p...
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_Turn Thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and
afflicted._
A SUFFERER’S PRAYER
How tender is this language, and how instructive too. David was a
sufferer as well as a king. But he...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 25:1. In this lament, individual members
of the worshiping assembly ask God for help in their various troubles.
While the psalm expresses faith in God’s kindness, it does no...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 25:16 The psalmist prays for deliverance from
the AFFLICTION, TROUBLE, and FOES that threaten (vv....
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INTRODUCTION
“David is pictured in this psalm as in a faithful miniature. His
holy trust, his many conflicts, his great transgression, his bitter
repentance, and his deep distresses are all here; so t...
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EXPOSITION
THIS is the second of the "alphabetic psalms." It is not so irregular
as Psalms 9:1; but still is defective in some respects, the letters
_beth _and _vav _being omitted in their proper plac...
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Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. O my God, I trust in thee:
let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me. Yea, let
none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which
tra...
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Daniel 9:17; Micah 7:19; Mark 15:33; Psalms 60:1; Psalms 69:16;...