Psalm 25
Psalm 25: A Cry in Troubled Times
Psalm 25: A Cry in Troubled Timesfrom the work of Menno Simons PSALM 25 CHARACTER COUNT Lesson 1: Introduction 1,910Lesson 2: To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul. O my God... 1,438Lesson 3: Let not my enemies exult over me. …
Lesson 1: Introduction
Lesson 1: Introductionwww.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25Sometimes our lives as believers can be very difficult. David, before he became king of Israel, found it so when he was being hunted by King Saul, his own father-in-law. Saul, out of jealousy and ha…
Lesson 2: To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul...
Lesson 2: To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul. O my God, in You I trust; let me not be put to shame. www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25O Lord, You who rule, Lord of heaven and earth, I call You Lord, though I am not worthy to be called Your servant for fro…
Lesson 3: Let not my enemies exult over me
Lesson 3: Let not my enemies exult over me. www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25O Lord of hosts, Lord of lords, my flesh is weak. My misery and necessities are great. Nevertheless, I fear not the sensual scoffing of my enemies. I fear greatly lest I deny…
Lesson 4: They shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
Lesson 4: They shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25O Lord, You who rule, even as Your merciful grace is over all who fear You, so also is Your fierce wrath over all who despise You; who walk after their lusts,…
Lesson 5: Make me to know Your ways, O Lord, teach me Your paths.
Lesson 5: Make me to know Your ways, O Lord, teach me Your paths.www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25O Lord of hosts, I know through the word of Your grace that there is but one way which leads to life, which is strait and narrow for the flesh, beset with…
Lesson 6: Lead me in Your truth and teach me...
Lesson 6: Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation, for You I wait all the day long.www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25O Lord! Lord! "My tears," says David, "have been my meat day and night." My heart quakes within me, my st…
Lesson 7: Remember your mercy, O Lord...
Lesson 7: Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from old.www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25O Lord of hosts, when I am buoyed up in the waters of Your grace, I find that I cannot fathom or measure them for Your mercies…
Lesson 8: Remember not the sins of my youth...
Lesson 8: Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to Your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of Your goodness, O Lord!www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25O Lord, You who rule, "I was shaped in iniquity and in sin did my moth…
Lesson 9: Good and upright is the Lord...
Lesson 9: Good and upright is the Lord; therefore He instructs sinners in the way.www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25O Lord of hosts, although I have walked so unrighteously before You from my youth, that I am ashamed to lift my eyes to You in heaven; nev…
Lesson 10: He leads the humble in what is right...
Lesson 10: He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble His way.www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25O Lord, You who rule, Your divine grace has shone around me. Your word has taught me, Your Holy Spirit has influenced me until I turned away…
Lesson 11: All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love...
Lesson 11: All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25O Lord of hosts, they all boast of Your grace and favor, although they, in all their works, pr…
Lesson 12: For Your name’s sake, O Lord, pardon...
Lesson 12: For Your name’s sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great.www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25O Lord, Lord! I pray You with holy David, rebuke me not in Your anger, neither chasten me in Your hot displeasure. For my loins are filled with a…
Lesson 13: Who is the man who fears the Lord?
Lesson 13: Who is the man who fears the Lord? Him will He instruct in the way he should choose.www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25O Lord, You who rule, Your path is the path of peace. Blessed is he who walks in it. For we find mercy, love, righteousness,…
Lesson 14: His soul shall abide in well-being...
Lesson 14: His soul shall abide in well-being, and his offspring shall inherit the land.www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25O Lord, Lord of hosts! those who acknowledge You shall be blessed in the paradise of their God, upon Mount Zion, in the heavenly Jer…
Lesson 15: The secret of the Lord is for those...
Lesson 15: The secret of the Lord is for those who fear Him, and He makes known to them His covenant.www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25O Lord, Lord, the thoughts of my heart terrify me and my heart trembles within me because, with Ezra, I perceive that…
Lesson 16: My eyes are ever toward the Lord...
Lesson 16: My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for He will pluck my feet out of the net.www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25O Lord! You who rule! I say with the prophet, if You mark iniquity, who could stand? I, a miserable, great sinner, have, with the full…
Lesson 17: Turn to me and be gracious to me...
Lesson 17: Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25O Lord of hosts, my sins and transgressions I do not hide from You but unreservedly acknowledge that I spent my former days after the will of the…
Lesson 18: The troubles of my heart are enlarged...
Lesson 18: The troubles of my heart are enlarged, bring me out of my distresses.www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25 O Lord, Lord, my heart weeps and sighs, my conscience quakes and trembles, my soul is as a grieved mother deprived of her only child, and…
Lesson 19: Consider my affliction...
Lesson 19: Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins.www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25“O Lord, You who rule; if the righteous call upon You, You receive them. You are close to those who are of a broken heart. You comfort those who…
Lesson 20: Consider how many are my foes...
Lesson 20: Consider how many are my foes, and with what violent hatred they despise me.www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25O Lord of hosts, when I was of the world I spoke and did as the world and the world hated me not. But as soon as I had eaten the book…
Lesson 21: Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me!
Lesson 21: Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me! Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You.www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25O Lord, Lord! the word of Paul fills me with terror, where he says, "Let him that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall…
Lesson 22: May integrity and uprightness preserve me...
Lesson 22: May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for You.www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25O Lord of hosts! O God, when the husbandman had sown good seed in his field, his enemy came while he slept and sowed tares among the wheat, so that…
Lesson 23: Redeem Israel, O God...
Lesson 23: Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.www.bible.com/bible/59/psa.25O Lord of hosts, now that I have confessed my sins before You, prayed for my transgressions, praised Your mercy, and desired Your grace, I must, with David, beseec…