New Living Translation
Psalms 25:6
6Remember, O Lord, your compassion and unfailing love, which you have shown from long ages past.
Psalms 25:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
- New International Version (NIV)Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Remember, O Lord, Your tender mercies and Your lovingkindnesses, For they are from of old.
Context of Psalms 25:6
4Show me the right path, O Lord; point out the road for me to follow. 5Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you. Remember, O Lord, your compassion and unfailing love, which you have shown from long ages past. 7Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth. Remember me in the light of your unfailing love, for you are merciful, O Lord. 8The Lord is good and does what is right; he shows the proper path to those who go astray.
Read all of Psalms 25Psalms 25:6 word by word
זְכֹר־רַחֲמֶ֣יךָ יְ֭הוָה וַחֲסָדֶ֑יךָ כִּ֖י מֵעוֹלָ֣ם הֵֽמָּה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 25:6
- Psalms 98:3He has remembered his promise to love and be faithful to Israel. The ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.
- Psalms 106:45He remembered his covenant with them and relented because of his unfailing love.
- Psalms 136:23He remembered us in our weakness. His faithful love endures forever.
- 2 Chronicles 6:42O Lord God, do not reject the king you have anointed. Remember your unfailing love for your servant David.”
- Luke 1:54He has helped his servant Israel and remembered to be merciful.
- Psalms 40:11Lord, don’t hold back your tender mercies from me. Let your unfailing love and faithfulness always protect me.
- Psalms 69:13But I keep praying to you, Lord, hoping this time you will show me favor. In your unfailing love, O God, answer my prayer with your sure salvation.
- Psalms 103:4He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies.
- Psalms 119:77Surround me with your tender mercies so I may live, for your instructions are my delight.
- Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to the Lord that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously.
- Isaiah 63:15Lord, look down from heaven; look from your holy, glorious home, and see us. Where is the passion and the might you used to show on our behalf? Where are your mercy and compassion now?
- Jeremiah 31:20“Is not Israel still my son, my darling child?” says the Lord. “I often have to punish him, but I still love him. That’s why I long for him and surely will have mercy on him.
- Luke 1:78Because of God’s tender mercy, the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us,
- 2 Corinthians 1:3All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort.
- Philippians 1:8God knows how much I love you and long for you with the tender compassion of Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 2:1Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate?
Commentaries on Psalms 25:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies, and thy loving-kindness - The word רחמים rachamim, means the commiseration that a man feels in his bowels at the sight of distress. The second word, חסדים chasadim, signifies those kindnesses which are the offspring of a profusion of benevolence. They have been ever of old - Thou wert ever wont to display thyself as a ceaseless fountain of good to all thy creatures.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Remember, O Lord - That is, In thy future treatment of me, bring to remembrance what thou hast done, and treat me in the same manner still. The language is that of one who felt that God had always been kind and gracious, and who asked for the future a continuance of the favors of the past. If we would recall, the goodness of God in the past, we should find enough to lay the foundation of prayer in reference to that which is to come. If we saw and fully…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6compassion: See also Psalms 51:1; 57:1; 103:8.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. Confessing past and present sins, he pleads for mercy, not on palliations of sin, but on God's well-known benevolence.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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