Psalm 25:11

Translations

Modern

For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.

Traditional

For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

Literal

And for the sake of Your name, O YHWH, may You pardon my iniquity, though it is great.

Latin

Propter nomen tuum, Domine, propitiaberis peccato meo; multum est enim.

Original

Hebrew

English

For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.

Notes

Psalms 25:11

The psalmist asks for forgiveness for his many sins (Psalms 25:7; 32:1–5). The sins of Israel’s kings showed the weaknesses in David’s family line and why it failed in Old Testament Israel (see Psalm 89).

Psalms 25:1–22

This personal lament includes wisdom teachings and a community lament. It starts and ends with a declaration of trust in the Lord (Psalm 25:1–3, 15–22). The psalmist prays for guidance (Psalm 25:4–7) and urges the godly to live wisely (25:12–14).

In addition to the enemies who trouble him, the psalmist confesses his sins(Psalm 25:7, 11, 18) as part of his distress. Trust grows by understanding God's nature: He is compassionate, faithful, and good (Psalm 25:8–10).

Psalms 23:1–28:9

These psalms develop the importance of:

integrity (Psalms 25:4–7, 12–14, 21; 26:6, 11; 27:7–12),
God's care as a shepherd (Psalms 23:1; 28:9),
God's guidance (Psalms 23:2–3; 25:5; 27:11),
God's goodness (Psalms 23:6; 25:7–8; 27:13), and
living in his house (Psalms 23:6; 26:8; 27:4, 8).

Theme notes and profiles

David Salvation in the Psalms Wisdom Psalms

Related verses

Psalm 79:9
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
1 John 2:12
I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.
Isaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
Psalm 31:3
For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.
Romans 5:20–21
The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
Isaiah 48:9
For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.
Psalm 143:11
For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
Ezekiel 36:22
Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went.
Psalm 109:21
But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.
Ezekiel 20:9
But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
Romans 5:15
But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!
Numbers 14:17–19
So now I pray, may the power of my Lord be magnified, just as You have declared:

Glossary

Acrostic David Music Poetry, Biblical Psalms, Book of Teacher

Topics

Confession of Sin: should be Accompanied With: Prayer for Forgiveness Pardon: Pray for for Yourselves Righteous: Promises To, Expressed or Implied Sin: Forgiveness of Sin: Sinfulness of Sin: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To, Defining and Illustrating

Psalm 25:11

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