“Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.”
The reminder remember Your compassions and mercies, O Lord, which are from of old invokes God's historical pattern of mercy toward the covenant people. The remembering appeals to divine memory of prior faithfulness. The compassions and mercies suggest God's emotional investment in care. This verse appeals to God's character and history.
Church Fathers on Psalms 25:6
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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