Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
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.
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Commenting on Psalm 25:1-22
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. This is a very comprehensive prayer, including all the faithful and all their trials. Sorrow had taught the psalmist sympathy, and given him communion with the tried people of God; he therefore remembers them in his prayers. Israel, the tried, the wrestling, the conquering hero, fit representative of all the saints.
David's feet are caught in the net, entangled so he cannot free himself; his troubles multiply until his heart swells with melancholy and pain. Sense of sin afflicts him more than anything else, wounding his spirit and making all outward troubles weigh heavily upon him.
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Commenting on Psalm 25:15-22