Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
David does not waver and gaze about like the heathen, seeking help from the world while forsaking God; he directs all his desires and prayers to God alone. Nothing is more opposed to true prayer than to waver between the creature and the Creator.
AI summary
Commenting on Psalm 25:1-22
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me. The same request as in the last verse. The little child having begun to walk, asks to be still led onward by its parent's helping hand, and to be further instructed in the alphabet of truth. Experimental teaching is the burden of this prayer.
Here we have David's professions of desire towards God and dependence on him. He often begins his psalms with such professions, not to move God, but to move himself, and to engage himself to answer those professions. I. He professes his desire towards God: Unto thee, O Lord! do I lift up my soul, Psa 25:1.
Commenting on Psalm 25:1-7