Psalms 25:22

Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. David was not only concerned for himself, but for the whole nation of Israel, which was involved in trouble through this unnatural rebellion of his son,…

Redeem Israel - Redeem or save thy people - the word “Israel” here being used, as elsewhere, to denote the people of God. Out of all his troubles - Save thy people from persecution, and from trial of…

David, encouraged by the promises he had been meditating upon, here renews his addresses to God, and concludes the psalm, as he began, with professions of dependence upon God and desire towards…

A concluding prayer for the nation. The alphabet has been completed, and this is a supplementary distich beginning with Pç, which has already been represented in Psa 25:25; Psalms 34 has the same…