Before you go on, would you give me some background?

Selah? Pause… or is there more to it…Is it one of those ‘so called’ ‘throw away words’ ?

Psst! No one actually knows…. Pause is a common way to look at it but Selah is related to the word lift and it could be reflect, enrich, a musical key change… or a combination of all of those.

From Discipleship todaysee http://www.disciplestoday.org/bible-study/digging-deeper/item-6839-selah-ancient-word-and-the-power-of-

contemplation#.WBS5ajLMx0s

OK… what themes led up to this Psalm… bottom line it for me

OK, enough background let’s jump into the Psalm

Shame, guilt … sounds heavy… And what’s the

difference?

Psst! One way to look at it isGuilt is internal, shame is external…. Another way is Guilt related to what you have done and Shame what you are… here I think beling delivered from shame relates to your hope in God being vindicated whether now or in the future.

Tell me more about the big ideasIn the Psalm… or is it a song..

Or both?

An application Psalm: Psalm 25 • A ‘misspelled acrostic’ like Psalm 34– The misspelling remind us of forgivness (a major theme)– The misspellings (in Ps 25), spell TEACH (another theme)

• A lament• A Psalm with two voices, over and over through the

Psalm– One cries out– One answers

An application Psalm following Psalms about the good shepherd and king…

isn’t that like in Book 4?

Like Proverbs 3:4,5 ?God just leads you As you quiet yourselfHe speaks with some still small voice?

Psst! Even in Proverbs 3, the woman speaking told her son not to forget her teachings and hold fast to love and faithfulness leading into this. So…God’s leading usually goes along with disciplines of grace, like understanding his covenents and word

A lament with several themes

• Deliverance• Forgiveness• Preservation• Instruction

For ‘goodness sake’ ? How does that work?

Characteristics of God appealed to

• Goodness • Mercy• Faithfulness• Truthfulness

From Lifewaysee http://www.lifeway.com/Article/sermon-power-praying-4-for-his-names-sake

Repeatedly we are instructed to live for God's name sake.• God guides us for his name's sake (Psa. 23:3);• God forgives our sins for his name sake (Psalm 25:11);• God leads us for the sake of his name (Psalm 31:3);• God delivers us from sin for his name's sake (Psalm 79:9);• God deals with us out of his goodness for his name's sake

(Psalm 109:21);• God lets us live for his name's sake (Psalm 143:11).

That was King David.But what possible practical application

might there be for me?

From The Navigatorssee https://www.navigators.org/Tools/Discipleship%20Resources/Tools/30%20Days%20of%20Praying%20the%20Names%20and%20Attributes

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• A 30 day prayer list of praying the names of God is available form The Navigators showin in part below but the full page may be downloaded here https://www.navigators.org/www_navigators_org/media/navigators/tools/Resources/Praying-the-Names-of-God-The-Navigators.pdf

I guess if you’re the ‘wonderful councilor’ all your ways would be good

Characteristics of the ‘helped’

• Humility• Fearing God• Walking in covenant

Why is IsraelSingularAnd wasn’t David talkingAbout himself?

Psst! Some translations have it in Singular and some in pluralFor now we might think of it as David broadening the Psalm to include Israel or believers

What comes after• Next three Psalms are about going to the ‘temple’• Next group (up to Ps 34) are living with the King• Psalm 34 is in some ways an answer to Ps 25– You can ‘taste and see the Lord is good’ even when life is

crazy• Psalm 37 is in some ways an answer to Ps 25– The meek shall inherit the earth– And surrounding this Psalm are Psalms about the betrayal,

arrest and trial of Jesus, the meek one who will inherit the earth

Psalm 22, 23, 24The cross,The crook,The crown

Psalm 25 Psalm 34Taste and see that the Lord is good

Psalm 37The meek shall inherit the earth

The meek shall inherit the earth appears oncein Psalm 25 but three times in Psalm 37(both acrostic Psalms)

And sprinkled around Psalm 37 are psalms of thebetrayal, arrest, trial, mocking and crucifixion of Jesus who is the ultimate meek one who will inherit the earth (from 34 to 41)

Both Psalm 25 and 34 are‘misspelled acrostics’ The cry of 25 for God to actis answered by a celebration of how God acted in Psalm 34

Can you sum this All up ?

Bottom line it for me

Psst! OK Lets think of it as a confluence of themes looked at in the light of God’s character working though believers who Have certain character traits...

Psalm 25

FIN

• Deliverance• Forgiveness• Guidance• Protectio

From A to Z….

• Humility• Fearing

God• Walking in

covenant

• Goodness • Mercy• Faithfulness• Truthfulness

Psalm 25 (ESV)Of David.

1 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.2 O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.3 Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.4 Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.5 Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.6 Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.7 Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!8 Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.9 He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.10 All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.11 For your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great.12 Who is the man who fears the Lord?

Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.13 His soul shall abide in well-being, and his offspring shall inherit the land.14 The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.15 My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.16 Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged; bring me out of my distresses.18 Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins.19 Consider how many are my foes, and with what violent hatred they hate me.20 Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me! Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.21 May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.