“Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.”
The assertion that none who hope in God will be shamed but those who deal treacherously without cause will be shamed establishes the contrast between those trusting God and the wicked. The hoping in God suggests patient trust. The shame of the treacherous suggests divine judgment. This verse affirms that trust in God proves justified.
Church Fathers on Psalms 25:3
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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