Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

We had another Psalm roundup today, an all but one were written by David.

It's really remarkable how well he covers a wide variety of emotions in such detail.

Psalm 25 is a lament that opens with praise and closes with a request.

There were a few verses I love that I just want to highlight.

Verse 8 says, Good and upright is the Lord.

Therefore he instructs sinners in the way.

Jesus said a similar thing in Luke 5.

He said, It is not the healthy who need a doctor but the sick.

I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.

I love that his goodness and uprightness doesn't keep him from sinners but draws him

to sinners.

That's the ones who need him.

In verse 11, David admits his guilt, which positions him among the humble people he references

elsewhere in this chapter.

He says, For your name's sake, O Lord pardon my guilt, for it is great.

I find it interesting that he appeals for pardon, for God's sake, not his own.

Surely it's for his sake too, but this shows us that when God pardons sinners, it displays

his character as one who is loving, forgiving, patient, merciful.

By pardoning sinners, the sinner is blessed and God's character is exalted.

You'll notice this phrase, For your name's sake, attached to a lot of prayers in Scripture.

It's an appeal to God to show the world who he is.

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