Psalm 25

¹ To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul; 
² in you I trust, O my God.
       Do not let me be put to shame,
       nor let my enemies triumph over me.
 ³ No one whose hope is in you
       will ever be put to shame,
       but they will be put to shame
       who are treacherous without excuse.
 ⁴ Show me your ways, O LORD,
       teach me your paths;
 ⁵ guide me in your truth and teach me,
       for you are God my Savior,
       and my hope is in you all day long.
 ⁶ Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love,
       for they are from of old.
 ⁷ Remember not the sins of my youth
       and my rebellious ways;
       according to your love remember me,
       for you are good, O LORD.
 ⁸ Good and upright is the LORD;
       therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
 ⁹ He guides the humble in what is right
       and teaches them his way.
 ¹⁰ All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful
       for those who keep the demands of his covenant.
 ¹¹ For the sake of your name, O LORD,
       forgive my iniquity, though it is great.
 ¹² Who, then, is the man that fears the LORD ?
       He will instruct him in the way chosen for him.
 ¹³ He will spend his days in prosperity,
       and his descendants will inherit the land.
 ¹⁴ The LORD confides in those who fear him;
       he makes his covenant known to them.
 ¹⁵ My eyes are ever on the LORD,
       for only he will release my feet from the snare.
 ¹⁶ Turn to me and be gracious to me,
       for I am lonely and afflicted.
 ¹⁷ The troubles of my heart have multiplied;
       free me from my anguish.
 ¹⁸ Look upon my affliction and my distress
       and take away all my sins.
 ¹⁹ See how my enemies have increased
       and how fiercely they hate me!
 ²⁰ Guard my life and rescue me;
       let me not be put to shame,
       for I take refuge in you.
 ²¹ May integrity and uprightness protect me,
       because my hope is in you.
 ²² Redeem Israel, O God,
       from all their troubles!