Mazmur 25:4-5
Konteks25:4 Make me understand your ways, O Lord!
Teach me your paths! 1
25:5 Guide me into your truth 2 and teach me.
For you are the God who delivers me;
on you I rely all day long.
Mazmur 143:10
Konteks143:10 Teach me to do what pleases you, 3
for you are my God.
May your kind presence 4
[25:4] 1 sn Teach me your paths. In this context the
[25:5] 2 sn The
[143:10] 3 tn Or “your will.” See Ps 40:8.
[143:10] 4 tn Heb “your good spirit.” God’s “spirit” may refer here to his presence (see the note on the word “presence” in Ps 139:7) or to his personal Spirit (see Ps 51:10).
[143:10] 5 tn The prefixed verbal form is taken as a jussive. Taking the statement as a prayer fits well with the petitionary tone of vv. 7-10a.
[143:10] 6 sn A level land (where one can walk free of obstacles) here symbolizes divine blessing and protection. See Pss 26:12 and 27:11 for similar imagery.