Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 25:4
4Make your ways known to me, Lord; teach me your paths.
Psalms 25:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.
- New International Version (NIV)Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Show me Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths.
Context of Psalms 25:4
2My God, I trust in you. Do not let me be disgraced; do not let my enemies gloat over me. 3No one who waits for you will be disgraced; those who act treacherously without cause will be disgraced. Make your ways known to me, Lord; teach me your paths. 5Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; I wait for you all day long. 6Remember, Lord, your compassion and your faithful love, for they have existed from antiquity.
Read all of Psalms 25Psalms 25:4 word by word
דְּרָכֶ֣יךָ יְ֭הוָה הוֹדִיעֵ֑נִי אֹ֖רְחוֹתֶ֣יךָ לַמְּדֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 25:4
- Psalms 5:1Listen to my words, Lord; consider my sighing.
- Psalms 27:11Because of my adversaries, show me your way, Lord, and lead me on a level path.
- Psalms 86:11Teach me your way, Lord, and I will live by your truth. Give me an undivided mind to fear your name.
- Psalms 119:27Help me understand the meaning of your precepts so that I can meditate on your wonders.
- Psalms 143:8Let me experience your faithful love in the morning, for I trust in you. Reveal to me the way I should go because I appeal to you.
- Exodus 33:13Now if I have indeed found favor with you, please teach me your ways, and I will know you, so that I may find favor with you. Now consider that this nation is your people.”
- Proverbs 8:20I walk in the ways of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
- Isaiah 2:3and many peoples will come and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us about his ways so that we may walk in his paths.” For instruction will go out of Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 6:16This is what the Lord says: Stand by the roadways and look. Ask about the ancient paths, “Which is the way to what is good?” Then take it and find rest for yourselves. But they protested, “We won’t!”
Commentaries on Psalms 25:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Show me thy ways - The psalmist wishes to know God's way, to be taught his path, and to be led into his truth. He cannot discern this way unless God show it; he cannot learn the path unless God teach it; and he cannot walk in God's truth unless God lead him: and even then, unless God continue to teach, he shall never fully learn the lessons of his salvation; therefore he adds, "Lead me in thy truth, and teach me;" Psalm 25:5. That he may get this showing…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Show me thy ways, O Lord - The “ways” of God are His methods of administering the affairs of the world; His dispensations; the rules which He has prescribed for Himself in the execution of His plans; the great laws by which He governs the universe. Deuteronomy 32:4, “all his ways are judgment; a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.” The prayer of the psalmist is, that he may be able to understand the methods of the divine government…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6The right path, the path of wisdom (see Psalm 5:8), involves being open to instruction that leads to life (27:11; 43:3; 73:24; 119:12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. On the ground of former favor, he invokes divine guidance, according to God's gracious ways of dealing and faithfulness.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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