Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
What does Psalms 25:4 mean?
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.
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Commentary on Psalms 25:4
Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Show me thy ways, O Lord - The "ways" of God are His methods of administering the affairs of the world; His dispensations; the rules which He has prescribed for Himself in the execution of His plans; the great laws by which He governs the universe. Deuteronomy 32:4 , "all his ways are judgment; a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Context in Psalms 25
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Psalms 25 belongs to the early movement of the book, especially the section often described as Book I. Psalms is the Bible’s great book of sung prayer, teaching the full range of faithful speech from anguish and repentance to jubilation and doxology. Read this chapter with the wider themes of prayer, praise, and lament in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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