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Psalms 25:11

25:10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

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For your name’s sake, Yahweh, pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

For your name’s sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity; for it is great.

25:12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

What does Psalms 25:11 mean?

Psalms 25:11 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שֵׁם (shêm), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), סָלַח (çâlach). It connects to 15 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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For
thy
name'sשֵׁםshêm/shame/H8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
sake,
O
LORD,יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
pardonסָלַחçâlach/saw-lakh'/H5545to forgive
mine
iniquity;עָוֺןʻâvôn/aw-vone'/H5771perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
for
it
is
great.רַבrab/rab/H7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

Commentary on Psalms 25:11

HENRY_FULL · Psalms 25:11
is psalm has something of David in it, but much more of Christ. It begins with such expressions of devotion as may be applied to Christ; but concludes with such confidence of a resurrection (and so timely a one as to prevent corruption) as must be applied to Christ, to him only, and cannot be understood of David, as both St. Peter and St. Paul have observed, Acts ii. 24 ; xiii. 36 . For David died, and was buried, and saw corruption. I. David speaks of himself as a member of Christ, and so he speaks the language of all good Christians, professing his confidence in God ( ver. 1 ), his consent to him ( ver. 2 ), his affection to the people of God ( ver. 3 ), his adherence to the true worship of God ( ver. 4 ), and his entire complacency and satisfaction in God and the interest he had in him, ver. 5-7 . II. He speaks of himself as a type of Christ, and so he speaks the language of Christ himself, to whom all the rest of the psalm is expressly and at large applied ( Acts ii. 25 , &c.). David speaks concerning him (not concerning himself), "I foresaw the Lord always before my face," &c. And this he spoke, being a prophet, ver. 30, 31 . He spoke, 1. Of the special presence of God with the Redeemer in his services and sufferings, ver. 8 . 2. Of the prospect which the Redeemer had of his own resurrection and the glory that should follow, which carried him cheerfully through his undertaking, ver. 9-11 . Believing Confidence; Consecration to God.

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Job 22:2

Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? as he: or, if he may be profitable, doth his good success depend thereon?

Job 22:3

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

Job 35:7

If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

Job 35:8

Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

Psalms 8:1

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

Psalms 27:8

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. When: or, My heart said unto thee, Let my face seek thy face, etc

Psalms 31:14

But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.

Psalms 50:9

I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.

Psalms 50:10

For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

Isaiah 26:13

O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

Isaiah 44:5

One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

Luke 17:10

So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say We are unprofitable servants we have done that which was our duty to do.

John 20:28

And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

Romans 11:35

Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 25:11.

Exodus 34:9

And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

Genesis 2:19

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Adam: or, the man

Genesis 4:13

And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. My: or, Mine iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven

Genesis 4:26

And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. Enos: Heb. Enosh to call: or, to call themselves by the name of the Lord

Genesis 5:29

And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. Noah: Gr. Noe: that is Rest, or, Comfort

Genesis 6:5

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. every: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires continually: Heb. every day

Numbers 14:18

The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

Numbers 14:19

Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. until: or, hitherto

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What does Psalms 25:11 say?

Psalms 25:11 (King James Version) reads: "For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great."

Is Psalms 25:11 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 25:11 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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