Psalms 25:5
in Psalms 25Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Guide me in thy truth, and teach me; For thou art the God of my salvation; For thee do I wait all the day.
KJV
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
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This verse in Psalms 25
Commentary
2 notes on this verseLead me in thy truth, and teach me. The same request as in the last verse. The little child having begun to walk, asks to be still led onward by its parent's helping hand, and to be further instructed in the alphabet of truth. Experimental teaching is the burden of this prayer. Lead me according to thy truth, and prove thyself faithful; lead me into truth that I may know its preciousness, lead me by the way of truth that I may manifest its spirit.
This site's exposition
Show me Your ways, O LORD
on Psalms 25:4-7
The request is for teaching, Your ways and Your paths, and to be guided in Your truth. Verse 7 asks God to leave the sins of his youth and the rebellious acts out of the reckoning, and to remember him by His loving devotion. The ground is God's compassion and goodness, given twice.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַדְרִ֘יכֵ֤נִי | hadrikheni | lead me | H1869 → | 62 times |
| בַאֲמִתֶּ֨ךָ׀ | vaamitekha | in truth your | H571 → | 127 times |
| וְֽלַמְּדֵ֗נִי | velamedeni | and teach me | H3925 → | 85 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אַ֭תָּה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾelohei | [are] [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׁעִ֑י | yishi | salvation my | H3468 → | 36 times |
| אוֹתְךָ֥ | ʾotkha | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| קִ֝וִּ֗יתִי | kiviti | I have waited for | H6960 → | 49 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַיּֽוֹם׃ | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
הַדְרִ֘יכֵ֤נִיlead me
hadrikheniH1869 →62 times
בַאֲמִתֶּ֨ךָ׀in truth your
vaamitekhaH571 →127 times
וְֽלַמְּדֵ֗נִיand teach me
velamedeniH3925 →85 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אַ֭תָּהyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
אֱלֹהֵ֣י[are] [the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׁעִ֑יsalvation my
yishiH3468 →36 times
אוֹתְךָ֥<obj.> you
ʾotkhaH853 →10935 times
קִ֝וִּ֗יתִיI have waited for
kivitiH6960 →49 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַיּֽוֹם׃the day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 14:26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
it leads to
- John 15:26
When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
- John 14:16
And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—
- 1 Corinthians 2:10–13
But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
- 1 John 2:27
And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all…
- John 16:7
But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send…
- John 15:26
Through
Isaiah 30:18Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
it leads to
- 2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
- Lamentations 3:25–26
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
- Proverbs 16:20
Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.
- 2 Peter 3:9
Where this verse is studied
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About Psalms
This page draws on Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 1; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.