25 To you, O Yahweh, I lift up my soul.
² O my God, I trust you; let me not be put to shame.
Do not let my enemies exult over me.
³ Indeed, none who wait for you should be put to shame.
Those who betray without cause should be put to shame.
⁴ Make me know your ways, O Yahweh.
Teach me your paths.
⁵ Cause me to walk in your truth and teach me,
because you are the God of my salvation.
I await you all day long.^[b]
6 Remember your compassion, O Yahweh,
and your acts of loyal love,
because they are from of old.
⁷ Do not remember
the sins of my youth or my transgressions.
According to your loyal love remember me if you will,
for the sake of your goodness, O Yahweh.
⁸ Good and right is Yahweh;
therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
⁹ He causes the humble to walk in justice,
and teaches the humble his way.
¹⁰ All the paths of Yahweh are loyal love and faithfulness
for those who keep his covenant and statutes.^[c]
11 Also, for the sake of your name, O Yahweh,
forgive my sin, because it is great.
¹² Who is the man fearing Yahweh?
He will instruct him in the way he should choose.
¹³ His soul will lodge in prosperity,
and his offspring will possess the land.
¹⁴ Intimate fellowship with Yahweh is for those who fear him,
and he makes known his covenant to them.
¹⁵ My eyes are continually toward Yahweh,
because he will take my feet from the net.
¹⁶ Turn to me and have mercy on me
because I am lonely and afflicted.
¹⁷ Remove the troubles of my heart;
bring me out from my distresses.
¹⁸ Consider my affliction and trouble,
and forgive^[d] all my sins.
¹⁹ Consider that my enemies are many,
and they hate me with violent hatred.
²⁰ Protect my life and deliver me.
Let me not be put to shame, because I take shelter in you.
²¹ Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,
because I wait for you.
²² O God, redeem Israel
from all its troubles.