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Psalm 25

Sal. 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.
Sal. 24:4• 4El limpio de manos, y puro de corazón: El que no ha elevado su alma á la vanidad, Ni jurado con engaño. (Sal. 24:4)
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Sal. 86:4• 4Alegra el alma de tu siervo: Porque á ti, oh Señor, levanto mi alma. (Sal. 86:4)
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Sal. 143:8• 8Hazme oir por la mañana tu misericordia, Porque en ti he confiado: Hazme saber el camino por donde ande, Porque á ti he alzado mi alma (Sal. 143:8)
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1 S. 1:15• 15Y Anna le respondió, diciendo: No, señor mío: mas yo soy una mujer trabajada de espíritu: no he bebido vino ni sidra, sino que he derramado mi alma delante de Jehová. (1 S. 1:15)
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Lm. 3:41• 41Levantemos nuestros corazones con las manos a Dios en los cielos. (Lm. 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.