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

We had another Psalm roundup today, and 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.

Sinners are the ones who need him. That's me. That's all of us, by the way.

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, oh 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 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.

And I just can't skip over verse 14.

It's been one of my favorite verses for many years.

It says,

The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him.

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