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Psalm 25

Psa. 25:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<A Psalm of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
.>> Unto thee, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, do I lift up
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
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David,
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Soul; Spirit

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-6:  David's confidence in prayer.
7-15:  He prays for remission of sins;
16-22:  and for help in affliction.
A.M. cir. 3463.
B.C. cir. 541.
do I.
Psa. 24:4• 4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. (Psa. 24:4)
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Psa. 86:4• 4Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. (Psa. 86:4)
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Psa. 143:8• 8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. (Psa. 143:8)
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1 Sam. 1:15• 15And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord. (1 Sam. 1:15)
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Lam. 3:41• 41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. (Lam. 3:41)
• Book 1, Series 5. The beginning of sorrows. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)
• In Psa. 25 we have, for the first time, the definite confession of sin. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 25-28” by J.N. Darby)
• The soul is lifted up to Jehovah in its difficulties—the true secret of overcoming them, and having peace in the midst of them. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 25-28” by J.N. Darby)
• In the first part {v.1-7}, the oppressed and tried soul judging its past sins, but trusting God and looking to Him, pleads with God in respect of its wants and difficulties, in presence of the power of evil. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 25-28” by J.N. Darby)
• The confidence of the godly remnant is the goodness and righteousness of the Lord, manifested by the confession of sins, and the unburdening of the heart before God. (“Psalms 25” by H. Smith)
• Subjection to the Lord― “Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.” (“Psalms 25” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A Psalm of Davidc. Unto thee, Jehovah, do I lift up my soul.

JND Translation Notes

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An acrostic Psalm; the verses begin with the Hebrew letters in alphabetical succession, as Ps. 34.