3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
3 No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame, but shame will come on those who are treacherous without cause.
3 Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
3 I've thrown in my lot with you; You won't embarrass me, will you? Or let my enemies get the best of me? Don't embarrass any of us Who went out on a limb for you. It's the traitors who should be humiliated.
3 Indeed, let no one who waits on You be ashamed; Let those be ashamed who deal treacherously without cause.
3 No one who trusts in you will ever be disgraced, but disgrace comes to those who try to deceive others.
8 Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
8 Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
8 Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
8 God is fair and just; He corrects the misdirected, Sends them in the right direction.
8 Good and upright is the Lord; Therefore He teaches sinners in the way.
8 The Lord is good and does what is right; he shows the proper path to those who go astray.
(Read Psalm 25:8-14)
We are all sinners; and Christ came into the world to save sinners, to teach sinners, to call sinners to repentance. We value a promise by the character of him that makes it; we therefore depend upon God's promises. All the paths of the Lord, that is, all his promises and all his providences, are mercy and truth. In all God's dealings his people may see his mercy displayed, and his word fulfilled, whatever afflictions they are now exercised with. All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth; and so it will appear when they come to their journey's end. Those that are humble, that distrust themselves, and desire to be taught and to follow Divine guidance, these he will guide in judgment, that is, by the rule of the written word, to find rest for their souls in the Saviour. Even when the body is sick, and in pain, the soul may be at ease in God.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 25:3
Commentary on Psalm 25:1-7
(Read Psalm 25:1-7)
In worshipping God, we must lift up our souls to him. It is certain that none who, by a believing attendance, wait on God, and, by a believing hope, wait for him, shall be ashamed of it. The most advanced believer both needs and desires to be taught of God. If we sincerely desire to know our duty, with resolution to do it, we may be sure that God will direct us in it. The psalmist is earnest for the pardon of his sins. When God pardons sin, he is said to remember it no more, which denotes full remission. It is God's goodness, and not ours, his mercy, and not our merit, that must be our plea for the pardon of sin, and all the good we need. This plea we must rely upon, feeling our own unworthiness, and satisfied of the riches of God's mercy and grace. How boundless is that mercy which covers for ever the sins and follies of a youth spent without God and without hope! Blessed be the Lord, the blood of the great Sacrifice can wash away every stain.