PsaSal. PsalmsSalmos, psalmsalmo Book of PsalmsLibro de los Salmos, psalmsalmo 25

(Of Dovid)

[Aleph] Unto Thee, Hashem, do I lift up my nefesh.Psa 86:4

[Bais] O Elohai, I trust in Thee:

let me not be ashamed,

let not mine oyevim triumph over me.

[Gimel] Yea, let none that wait [hoping in] Thee be ashamed;

let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.Psa 22:6

[Dalet] Show me Thy ways, Hashem;

teach me Thy paths.Psa 27:11

[Heh Vav] Lead me in Thy emes, and teach me;

for Thou art the Elohei of my Salvation;

on Thee do I wait kol hayom.

[Zayin] Remember, Hashem, Thy rachamim and Thy lovingkindnesses;

for they have ever been of old.Psa 103:17; Jer 33:11

[Chet] Remember not the chattot of my youth,

nor my peysha'im;

according to Thy chesed remember Thou me

for the sake of Thy goodness, Hashem.Job 13:26

[Tet] Tov and yashar is Hashem;

therefore will He teach chatta'im in the Derech.Deu 32:4

[Yod] The meek will He guide in mishpat;

and the aniyim will He teach His way.

[Kaph] All the paths of Hashem are chesed and emes

unto such as keep His Brit (covenant) and His Edot

(covenant demands, urgings, reminders, testimonies).Hos 14:10; Dan 4:34

[Lamed] For the sake of Thy Shem, Hashem,

pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.Psa 79:9

[Mem] What man is he that feareth Hashem?

Him shall He teach in the Derech that he shall choose.

[Nun] His nefesh (soul) shall dwell in prosperity;

and his zera shall inherit the earth.Isa 60:21

[Samech] The secret of Hashem is with them that fear Him;

and He will show them His Brit (covenant).Deu 29:28; Luk 8:10

[Ayin] Mine eyes are ever toward Hashem;

for He shall pluck my feet out of the reshet (net).Job 16:20; Psa 121:1

[Peh] Turn Thee unto me, and be gracious unto me;

for I am yachid (alone, lonely) and afflicted.

[Tzade] The tzoros of my lev are multiplied;

O bring Thou me forth out of my distresses.2Sa 22:7; Lam 1:20

[Resh] Look upon mine affliction and my pain;

and take away all my chattot.

[Resh] Look upon mine enemies;

for they are increased; and they hate me with sinas chamas.Jhn 15:25

[Shin] Be shomer over my nefesh, and deliver me;

let me not be ashamed; for I take refuge in Thee.

[Tav] Let tohm (integrity, guilelessness) and uprightness preserve me;

for I wait on Thee.

Redeem Yisroel, O Elohim,

out of all his tzoros.