December 12, 2008 - - - Psalm 25

Psalm 25

Of David.

1To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul;

2 in you I trust, O my God.
Do not let me be put to shame,
nor let my enemies triumph over me.

3 No one whose hope is in you
will ever be put to shame,
but they will be put to shame
who are treacherous without excuse.

4 Show me your ways, O LORD,
teach me your paths;

5 guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.

6 Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love,
for they are from of old.

7 Remember not the sins of my youth
and my rebellious ways;
according to your love remember me,
for you are good, O LORD.

8 Good and upright is the LORD;
therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.

9 He guides the humble in what is right
and teaches them his way.

10 All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful
for those who keep the demands of his covenant.

11 For the sake of your name, O LORD,
forgive my iniquity, though it is great.

12 Who, then, is the man that fears the LORD ?
He will instruct him in the way chosen for him.

13 He will spend his days in prosperity,
and his descendants will inherit the land.

14 The LORD confides in those who fear him;
he makes his covenant known to them.

15 My eyes are ever on the LORD,
for only he will release my feet from the snare.

16 Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am lonely and afflicted.

17 The troubles of my heart have multiplied;
free me from my anguish.

18 Look upon my affliction and my distress
and take away all my sins.

19 See how my enemies have increased
and how fiercely they hate me!

20 Guard my life and rescue me;
let me not be put to shame,
for I take refuge in you.

21 May integrity and uprightness protect me,
because my hope is in you.

22 Redeem Israel, O God,
from all their troubles!

This prayer emits such emotion from David to God. All trust is placed into God as David prays and prays. He asks for guidence in the truth and longs for wisdom in the truth. He knows that he was already with God and that God was with him. Since all hope was placed upon the alter, David knows for a fact that he alone will not be punished and if and only if he sins.

David, ever so contantly, lifts up the Lord in his prayer. "Your great mercy and love", "all the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful", and on and on he goes never ceasing to give God the credit. When I compare this to my outbursts to the Lord, its usually me complaining about life, asking for forgivness, or plain asking Him for assistance in areas of my life which I have slacked off and breezed over. But Mr. King David practically sings praise songs as he prays.

Praise the Lord. Prayse the Lord.

Amen.