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Psalms 25:7

Old Testament Poetry/Hymns ASV (1901)

What does Psalms 25:7 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness` sake, O Jehovah.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness` sake, O Jehovah.
Psalms 25:7 — American Standard Version

Context — Psalms 25

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
4Show me thy ways, O Jehovah; Teach me thy paths.
5Guide me in thy truth, and teach me; For thou art the God of my salvation; For thee do I wait all the day.
6Remember, O Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindness; For they have been ever of old.
7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness` sake, O Jehovah.
8Good and upright is Jehovah: Therefore will he instruct sinners in the way.
9The meek will he guide in justice; And the meek will he teach his way.
10All the paths of Jehovah are lovingkindness and truth Unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Remember: Psa 79:8, Psa 109:14, Psa 109:16; Isa 38:17, Isa 43:25, Isa 64:9; Heb 8:12, Heb 10:16-18 the sins: Job 13:26, Job 20:11; Pro 5:7-14; Jer 3:25; Joh 5:5, Joh 5:14 according: Psa 51:1, Psa 109:26, Psa 119:124 for thy: Psa 6:4, Psa 31:16; Eph 1:6, Eph 1:7, Eph 2:4-8 Psalms 25:8”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“May Jahve not remember the faults of his youth (חטּאות), into which lust and thoughtlessness have precipitated him, nor the transgressions (פּשׁעים), by which even in maturer and more thoughtful years he has turned the grace of God into licentiousness and broken off his fellowship with Him (פּשׁע בּ, of defection); but may He, on the contrary, turn His remembrance to him (זכר ל as in Psa 136:23) in accordance with His grace or loving-kindness, which אתּה challenges as being the form of self-attestation most closely corresponding to the nature of God. Memor esto quidem mei, observes Augustine, non secundum iram, qua ego dignus sum, sed secundum misericordiam tuam, quae te digna est. For God…”
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