God’s Word Translation
Psalms 25:4
4Make your ways known to me, O Lord, and 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
2I trust you, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame. Do not let my enemies triumph over me. 3No one who waits for you will ever be put to shame, but all who are unfaithful will be put to shame. Make your ways known to me, O Lord, and teach me your paths. 5Lead me in your truth and teach me because you are God, my savior. I wait all day long for you. 6Remember, O Lord, your compassionate and merciful deeds. They have existed from eternity.
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 5:1Open your ears to my words, O Lord. Consider my innermost thoughts.
- Psalms 27:11Teach me your way, O Lord. Lead me on a level path because I have enemies who spy on me.
- Psalms 86:11Teach me your way, O Lord, so that I may live in your truth. Focus my heart on fearing you.
- Psalms 119:27Help me understand your guiding principles so that I may reflect on your miracles.
- Psalms 143:8Let me hear about your mercy in the morning, because I trust you. Let me know the way that I should go, because I long for you.
- Exodus 33:13If you really are pleased with me, show me your ways so that I can know you and so that you will continue to be pleased with me. Remember: This nation is your people.”
- Proverbs 8:20I walk in the way of righteousness, on the paths of justice,
- Isaiah 2:3Then many people will come and say, “Let’s go to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways so that we may live by them.” The teachings will go out from Zion. The Lord’s word will go out from Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 6:16This is what the Lord says: Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask which paths are the old, reliable paths. Ask which way leads to blessings. Live that way, and find a resting place for yourselves. But you said that you wouldn’t live 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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