Psalms 25

25 ¹ To you, my Father, I lift up my soul.

² My Father, in you I trust; don't let me be ashamed; don't let my enemies triumph over me. ³ Indeed, none who wait for you will be ashamed; those who betray without cause will be ashamed.

⁴ Show me your ways, my Father; teach me your paths. ⁵ Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are our Father, my salvation; I wait for you all day long. ⁶ Remember your tender compassion, my Father, and your covenant love, for they are from long ago. ⁷ Do not remember the sins of my youth or my rebellions; remember me according to your covenant love, for the sake of your goodness, my Father.

⁸ Good and upright is our Father; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. ⁹ He leads the humble in justice, and teaches the humble his way. ¹⁰ All the paths of our Father are loyal love and faithfulness for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

¹¹ For your name's sake, my Father, forgive my iniquity, for it is great. ¹² Who is the one who fears our Father? He will instruct him in the way he should choose. ¹³ His soul will rest in well-being, and his children will inherit the land. ¹⁴ The intimate friendship of our Father is for those who fear him, and he makes his covenant known to them. ¹⁵ My eyes are always toward our Father, for he will free my feet from the net.

¹⁶ Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. ¹⁷ The troubles of my heart have multiplied; bring me out of my distress. ¹⁸ Look on my affliction and my hardship, and take away all my sins. ¹⁹ See my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with violent hatred.

²⁰ Guard my soul and deliver me; don't let me be ashamed, for I take refuge in you. ²¹ Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.

²² Redeem Israel, our Father, out of all his troubles.