“Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.”
The petition turn to me and have mercy on me because the psalmist is lonely and afflicted invokes divine attention and compassion. The loneliness suggests isolation. The affliction suggests suffering. This verse articulates specific need for divine intervention.
Church Fathers on Psalms 25:16
To the end, a psalm of David himself. 1. Christ speaks, but in the person of the Church: for what is said has reference rather to the Christian People turned unto God. 2. “Unto You, O Lord, have I lift up my soul” Psalm 24:1: with spiritual longing have I lift up the soul, that was trodden down on the earth with carnal longings. “O my God, in You I trust, I shall not be ashamed” Psalm 24:2. O my God, from trusting in myself I was brought even to this weakness of the flesh;…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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