Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Psalms 25:11 - 25:11

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Psalms 25:11 - 25:11


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The perf. consec. is attached to the יְהִי, which is, according to the sense, implied in לְמַעַן שִׁמְךָ, just as in other instances it follows adverbial members of a clause, placed first for the sake of emphasis, when those members have reference to the future, Ges. §126, rem. 1. Separate and manifold sins (Psa 25:7) are all comprehended in עָוֹן, which is in other instances also the collective word for the corruption and the guilt of sin. כִּי gives the ground of the need and urgency of the petition. A great and multiform load of sin lies upon him, but the name of God, i.e., His nature that has become manifest in His mercy and truth, permits him to ask and to hope for forgiveness, not for the sake of anything whatever that he has done, but just for the sake of this name (Jer 14:7; Isa 43:25). How happy therefore is he who fears God, in this matter!