“Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.”
The petition make me know Your ways, O Lord and teach me Your paths establishes the prayer's focus on divine guidance. The knowing of ways and paths suggests learning God's will and direction. The teaching language suggests that the psalmist recognizes the need for instruction. This verse articulates the central petition.
Church Fathers on Psalms 25:4
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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