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Psalms 25:4
4Lord, help me to understand your ways. Teach me your good 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
2I trust in you, my God. Please do not let me be ashamed. Do not let my enemies laugh at me, because they are stronger than me. 3Surely nobody who trusts in you will become ashamed. But those who like to deceive others will become ashamed. Lord, help me to understand your ways. Teach me your good paths. 5Please be my guide and teach me your truth. I trust you every day, because you are the God who keeps me safe. 6Lord, please be kind to me and show me your faithful love. From long ago you have always been like that.
Read all of Psalms 25Psalms 25:4 word by word
דְּרָכֶ֣יךָ יְ֭הוָה הוֹדִיעֵ֑נִי אֹ֖רְחוֹתֶ֣יךָ לַמְּדֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 25:4
- Psalms 5:1Lord, listen to what I say to you. I am upset, so think about what I am saying.
- Psalms 27:11Lord, please teach me to follow your way. Lead me along a good, safe path, because my enemies are waiting to attack me.
- Psalms 86:11Lord, teach me how I should live. Then I will obey your truth. Teach me to serve you with all that I am, so that I respect you with fear.
- Psalms 119:27Help me to understand what your teaching means. Then I will think carefully about the great things that you do.
- Psalms 143:8Every morning, help me to remember your faithful love, because I am trusting in you. Show me how I should live to please you, because I know that I belong to you.
- Exodus 33:13If you are really pleased with me, tell me your thoughts. I want to understand you properly. Then I can continue to please you. Remember that this nation, the Israelites, are your own people.’
- Proverbs 8:20I walk along the way that is righteous. I follow the path of justice.
- Isaiah 2:3As they come, people from many nations will say, ‘Come! We will go to the mountain of the Lord, Jacob's God. We will go to worship him at his temple. Then he will teach us how to live in a way that pleases him. We will be able to walk in his paths.’ At that time, Zion will be the place where people learn about what is right. Yes, in Jerusalem the Lord will teach people his message.
- Jeremiah 6:16The Lord said to his people, ‘Stand at the place where the roads cross, and look carefully. Ask where the ways of your ancestors are. Find the good way, and go along that way. Then you will live in peace.’ But the people said, ‘No, we will not go that way. ’
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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