Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Psalms 25:9 - 25:9

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Psalms 25:9 - 25:9


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The shortened form of the future stands here, according to Ges. §128, 2, rem., instead of the full form (which, viz., יַדְרִךְ, is perhaps meant); for the connection which treats of general facts, does not admit of its being taken as optative. The ב (cf. Psa 25:5, Psa 107:7; Psa 119:35) denotes the sphere of the guidance. מִשְׁפָּט is the right so far as it is traversed, i.e., practised or carried out. In this course of right He leads the עֲנָוִים, and teaches them the way that is pleasing to Himself. עֲנָוִים is the one word for the gentle, mansueti, and the humble, modesti. Jerome uses these words alternately in Psa 25:9 and Psa 25:9; but the poet designedly repeats the one word - the cardinal virtue of עֲנָוָה - here with the preponderating notion of lowliness. Upon the self-righteous and self-sufficient He would be obliged to force Himself even against their will. He wants disciples eager to learn; and how richly He rewards those who guard what they have learnt!