New English Translation
Psalms 25:5
5Guide me into your truth and teach me. For you are the God who delivers me; on you I rely all day long.
Psalms 25:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
- New International Version (NIV)Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day.
Context of Psalms 25:5
3Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated. Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted and humiliated. 4Make me understand your ways, O Lord! Teach me your paths! Guide me into your truth and teach me. For you are the God who delivers me; on you I rely all day long. 6Remember your compassionate and faithful deeds, O Lord, for you have always acted in this manner. 7Do not hold against me the sins of my youth or my rebellious acts! Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O Lord!
Read all of Psalms 25Psalms 25:5 word by word
הַדְרִ֘יכֵ֤נִי בַאֲמִתֶּ֨ךָ׀ וְֽלַמְּדֵ֗נִי כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׁעִ֑י אוֹתְךָ֥ קִ֝וִּ֗יתִי כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 25:5
- Psalms 25:8The Lord is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live.
- Psalms 43:3Reveal your light and your faithfulness! They will lead me, they will escort me back to your holy hill, and to the place where you live.
- Psalms 107:7He led them on a level road, that they might find a city in which to live.
- Isaiah 35:8A thoroughfare will be there – it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it – fools will not stray into it.
- Isaiah 42:16I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.
- Isaiah 49:10They will not be hungry or thirsty; the sun’s oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them; he will lead them to springs of water.
- Jeremiah 31:9They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel’s father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.’”
- John 8:31Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him, “If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples
- John 14:26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.
- John 16:13But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come.
- Romans 8:14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God.
- Ephesians 4:21if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus.
- 1 John 2:27Now as for you, the anointing that you received from him resides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, it is true and is not a lie. Just as it has taught you, you reside in him.
- Revelation 7:17because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
- Psalms 119:26I told you about my ways and you answered me. Teach me your statutes!
- Nehemiah 9:20You imparted your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths; you provided water for their thirst.
Commentaries on Psalms 25:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5On thee do I wait - This is the line in which ו vau, the sixth letter in the order of the alphabet, is lost; for the line begins with א aleph, אותך othecha, "on thee." But four of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. have ואותך veothecha, "And upon thee." This restores the lost ו vau, which signifies "and." The Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Arabic, Ethiopic, and Anglo-Saxon, preserve it.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Lead me in thy truth - In the way which thou regardest as truth, or which thou seest to be true. Truth is eternal and unchanging. What God sees and regards as truth is true, because he sees things as they are; and when we have the divine estimate of anything, we understand what the thing is. It is not that he makes it to be true, but that he sees it to be true. Such is the perfection of His nature that we have the utmost assurance that what God regards as…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Biblical hope is not just wishing for a good outcome. It means trusting in the Lord's will and having the courage to face disappointments (Psalm 33:22; 130:5).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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