Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
In its setting in Psalm 25:4-10 the verse belongs to a prayer asking God to show His ways, teach His paths, and lead in truth as the God of salvation waited on all the day. It pleads for Him not to remember the sins of youth and transgressions but to remember according to mercy for His goodness' sake. It affirms that the good and upright Lord teaches sinners in the way, guides the meek in judgment and teaches them His way, and makes all His paths mercy and truth to those who keep His covenant and testimonies.
The verse asks God to remember His tender mercies and lovingkindnesses that have been shown from ancient times. The prayer appeals to His enduring goodness and mercy as the ground for seeking His favor.
The verse models the spirit required of all who present truth and of ministers as bearers of the Lord's vessels, who must be clean. They are to offer truth as desirable, beautiful fruit with courtesy, pleasantness, and a heart filled with Christ's converting grace, teaching as Christ taught. They are not to use fierce, harsh, forbidding, and condemnatory words and manner like a scourge, which mars the influence of truth, turns people from it, and fails to glorify God.
In its setting in Psalm 25:4-10 the verse belongs to a prayer asking God to show His ways, teach His paths, and lead in truth as the God of salvation waited on all the day. It pleads for Him not to remember the sins of youth and transgressions but to remember according to mercy for His goodness' sake. It affirms that the good and upright Lord teaches sinners in the way, guides the meek in judgment and teaches them His way, and makes all His paths mercy and truth to those who keep His covenant and testimonies.
The verse asks God to remember His tender mercies and lovingkindnesses that have been shown from ancient times. The prayer appeals to His enduring goodness and mercy as the ground for seeking His favor.
The verse models the spirit required of all who present truth and of ministers as bearers of the Lord's vessels, who must be clean. They are to offer truth as desirable, beautiful fruit with courtesy, pleasantness, and a heart filled with Christ's converting grace, teaching as Christ taught. They are not to use fierce, harsh, forbidding, and condemnatory words and manner like a scourge, which mars the influence of truth, turns people from it, and fails to glorify God.