Psalms 25:1

By David. O Lord, I come before you in prayer. ² 

Of David. To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul;

<< A Psalm of David.>> To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.

<<A psalm of David.>> To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.

My head is high, GOD, held high;

<Of David.> To you, O Lord, my soul is lifted up.

To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.

<< A Psalm of David.>> To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.

By David. O Lord, I come before you in prayer. ² 

¹ sn Psalm 25. The psalmist asks for divine protection, guidance and forgiveness as he affirms his loyalty to and trust in the Lord. This psalm is an acrostic; every verse begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet, except for v. 18, which, like v. 19, begins with ר (resh) instead of the expected ק (qof). The final verse, which begins with פ (pe), stands outside the acrostic scheme.

² tn Heb “to you, O Lord, my life I lift up.” To “lift up” one’s “life” to the Lord means to express one’s trust in him through prayer. See Pss 86:4; 143:8.