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Psalms 25:5

25:4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
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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Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

Lead me in your truth, and teach me: for you are the God of my salvation; on you do I wait all the day.

25:6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. tender: Heb. bowels

What does Psalms 25:5 mean?

Psalms 25:5 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include דָּרַךְ (dârak), אֶמֶת (ʼemeth), לָמַד (lâmad). It connects to 22 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Leadדָּרַךְdârak/daw-rak'/H1869to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
me
in
thy
truth,אֶמֶתʼemeth/eh'-meth/H571stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
and
teachלָמַדlâmad/law-mad'/H3925properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
me:
for
thou
art
the
Godאֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
of
my
salvation;יֶשַׁעyeshaʻ/yeh'-shah/H3468liberty, deliverance, prosperity
on
thee
do
I
waitקָוָהqâvâh/kaw-vaw'/H6960to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
all
the
day.יוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

Commentary on Psalms 25:5

HENRY_FULL · Psalms 25:5
" The scope of this short but excellent psalm is to show us the way to heaven, and to convince us that, if we would be happy, we must be holy and honest. Christ, who is himself the way, and in whom we must walk as our way, has also shown us the same way that is here prescribed, Matt. xix. 17 . "If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." In this psalm, I. By the question ( ver. 1 ) we are directed and excited to enquire for the way. II. By the answer to that question, in the rest of the psalm, we are directed to walk in that way, ver. 2-5 . III. By the assurance given in the close of the psalm of the safety and happiness of those who answer these characters we are encouraged to walk in that way, ver. 5 . The Citizen of Zion. 1

Cross-references

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Psalms 34:12

What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

Psalms 34:13

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Proverbs 2:7

He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

Proverbs 2:8

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

Proverbs 28:18

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

Isaiah 33:15

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; righteously: Heb. in righteousnesses uprightly: Heb. uprightnesses oppressions: or, deceits blood: Heb. bloods

Micah 2:7

O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? straitened: or, shortened? uprightly: Heb. upright?

Zechariah 8:16

These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: execute: Heb. judge truth, and the judgment of peace

Zechariah 8:17

And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.

Luke 1:6

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Romans 2:10

But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: Gentile: Gr. Greek

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. ordained: or, prepared

Ephesians 4:25

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

Colossians 3:9

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

Hebrews 11:33

Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

1 John 2:6

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

1 John 2:29

If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. ye know that every: or, know ye

1 John 3:7

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

Revelation 21:8

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

Revelation 22:15

For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

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Genesis 1:18

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:31

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Genesis 1:5

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Genesis 1:8

And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

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What does Psalms 25:5 say?

Psalms 25:5 (King James Version) reads: "Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day."

Is Psalms 25:5 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 25:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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