4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.
4 Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.
4 Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.
4 Show me how you work, God; School me in your ways.
4 Show me Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths.
4 Show me the right path, O Lord ; point out the road for me to follow.
10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
10 All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.
10 All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
10 From now on every road you travel Will take you to God. Follow the Covenant signs; Read the charted directions.
10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, To such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.
10 The Lord leads with unfailing love and faithfulness all who keep his covenant and obey his demands.
(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 25:4
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.