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Psalm 25:1-22

Unto You I Lift My Soul

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Unto You I Lift My Soul

Psalm 25:1-22

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This song belongs to the Psalms collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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Psalms
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Psalms
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To You, Lord, I hold up everything I am. My God, I am leaning on You; Do not let me be put to shame, Do not let the ones against me stand over me. Nobody who waits for You ends up ashamed. Show me how You go; Teach me the roads You take. Walk me into what is true and keep teaching me, Because You are the God who saves me, And I am waiting all day long. Remember how tender You have always been; That has been Your way from the beginning. Do not remember the wrongs I did when I was young. Remember me the way Your goodness remembers. The Lord is good and He is straight, So He shows the ones who have gone wrong the way back. He guides the humble in what is right And teaches the humble how He moves. Every road the Lord walks is mercy and truth For the ones who keep His agreement. My eyes stay on the Lord; He is the one who lifts my feet out of the net. Turn toward me. Be kind to me. I am on my own and worn down. The trouble inside me has got bigger; Bring me out of these tight places. Keep watch over me. Get me out. Let honesty and a straight walk guard me, Because I am waiting for You. Buy Israel back, God, out of all its trouble.

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Psalms 25: The pupil who brings his guilt

Psalm 25 makes a pupil out of a person under pressure. The Book of Psalms joins trust, shame, guidance, confession, mercy, enemies, and rescue so closely that none can be isolated as the whole prayer. The speaker who trusts God does not claim to know the route; he asks to be shown, taught, and led. He also asks God to remember ancient mercy rather than youthful sins, then makes the greatness of his iniquity part of the urgency for pardon. Instruction continues after confession. The person who fears the Lord is taught, shown covenant counsel, and still needs feet pulled from a net. By the close, trouble has widened both inwardly and outwardly, but the prayer itself widens too. A lifted individual soul ends by asking God to redeem Israel out of all its troubles, letting personal dependence become language large enough for the people.

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