Psalms 25:5

“25:5 Biblical hope does not mean wishing for an event to turn out favorably. Hope trusts the Lord’s will and gives the courage to face disappointments (33:22; 130:5).”

“Lead: Psa 25:8, Psa 25:10, Psa 43:3, Psa 43:4, Psa 107:7; Isa 35:8, Isa 42:16, Isa 49:10; Jer 31:9; Joh 8:31, Joh 8:32; Joh 14:26, Joh 16:13; Rom 8:14; Eph 4:21; Jo1 2:27; Rev 7:17 teach: Psa 119:26, Psa 119:33, Psa 119:66; Neh 9:20; Job 36:22; Isa 54:13; Jer 31:33, Jer 31:34; Joh 6:45; Eph 4:20, Eph 4:21 God: Psa 24:5, Psa 68:20, Psa 79:9, Psa 88:1 on thee: Psa 22:2, Psa 86:3, Psa 88:1, Psa 119:97; Pro 8:34, Pro 23:17; Isa 30:18; Luk 18:7 Psalms 25:6”

“His truth is the lasting and self-verifying fact of His revelation of grace. To penetrate into this truth and to walk in it ( Psa 26:3; Psa 86:11) without God, is a contradiction in its very self. Therefore the psalmist prays, as in Psa 119:35, οδήγησόν με ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ σου (lxx Cod. Alex.; whereas Cod. Vat. ἐπὶ τὴν..., cf. Joh 16:13). He prays thus, for his salvation comes from Jahve, yea Jahve is his salvation. He does not hope for this or that, but for Him, all the day, i.e., unceasingly, (Note: Hupfeld thinks the accentuation inappropriate; the first half of the verse, however, really extends to ישׁעי, and consists of two parts, of which the second is the confirmation of the…”