Psalms 25

Psalms 25 1

My Notes Authors Matthew Henry - Commentary on the Whole Bible Here we have David’s professions of desire towards God and dependence on him. He often begins his psalms with such professions, not to move God, but to move himself, and to engage himself to answer those professions. I. He professes his desire towards God: _Unto thee, O Lord! do I lift up my soul, _v. 1. In the foregoing psalm (v. 4) it was made the character of a good man that he has not lifted up his soul to vanity; and a call was given to the everlasting gates to lift up their heads for the _King of glory to come in, _v. 1. To this character, to this call, David here answers, “Lord, I lift up my soul, not to vanity, but to thee.” Note, In worshipping God we must lift up our souls to him. Prayer is the ascent of the soul to God; God must be eyed and the soul employed. Sursum corda—Up with you hearts, was anciently used as a call to devotion. With a holy contempt of the world and the things of it, by a fixed thought and active faith, we must set God before us, and let out our desires towards him as the fountain of our happiness.

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