Psalms 25 · Verse 10

Psalms 25:10

All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Psalms 25:10, King James Version

Psalms 25:10 in other translations

BSBAll the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
WEBAll the paths of the LORD are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
ASVAll the paths of Jehovah are lovingkindness and truth Unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
YLTAll the paths of Jehovah are kindness and truth, To those keeping His covenant, And His testimonies.
DARBYAll the paths of Jehovah are loving-kindness and truth for such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
BBEAll the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness.
WebsterAll the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

What does Psalms 25:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. paths--similar sense--His modes of dealing (compare Psa 25:4). mercy and truth--(Job 14:1-22), God's grace in promising and faithfulness in performing.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 All the paths of the Lord - ארחות orchoth signifies the tracks or ruts made by the wheels of wagons by often passing over the same ground. Mercy and truth are the paths in which God constantly walks in reference to the children of men; and so frequently does he show them mercy, and so frequently does he fulfill his truth that his paths are earnestly discerned. How frequent, how deeply indented, and how multiplied are those tracks to every family and individual! Wherever we go, we see that God's mercy and truth have been there by the deep tracks they have left behind them. But he is more abundantly merciful to those who keep his covenant and his testimonies; i.e. those who are conformed, not only to the letter, but to the spirit of his pure religion.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 25:8-14

We are all sinners; and Christ came into the world to save sinners, to teach sinners, to call sinners to repentance. We value a promise by the character of him that makes it; we therefore depend upon God's promises. All the paths of the Lord, that is, all his promises and all his providences, are mercy and truth. In all God's dealings his people may see his mercy displayed, and his word fulfilled, whatever…

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Psalms 25:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אָרְח֣וֹת'a.re.Chot[the] paths ofH734
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahwehH3068
חֶ֣סֶדChe.sed[are] covenant loyaltyH2617
וֶאֱמֶ֑תve.'e.Metand faithfulnessH571
לְנֹצְרֵ֥יle.no.tze.Reito [those who] keepH5341
בְ֝רִית֗וֹve.ri.To<of> covenant hisH1285
וְעֵדֹתָֽיו\׃ve.'e.do.Tavand testimonies hisH5713

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 25:10

  • James 5:11

    Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

  • Romans 8:28

    And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

  • Hebrews 8:8-12

    For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. …

  • Psalms 40:11

    Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

  • John 1:17

    For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

  • Psalms 103:17-18

    But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children; To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

  • Psalms 119:75-76

    I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

  • Romans 2:13

    (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

  • Psalms 91:14

    Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

  • Genesis 5:24

    And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

  • Hosea 14:9

    Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

  • Isaiah 43:2

    When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the paths.
18:25,26; 28:4-6; 37:23,24; 91:14; 119:75,76; 138:7; Ge 5:24; 17:1
Ge 48:15,16; Isa 43:2; Ro 8:28
mercy.
33:4; 57:3; 85:10; 89:14; 98:3; Ge 24:27; 2Sa 15:20; Isa 25:1
Joh 1:14,17; Jas 5:11
keep.
24:4,5; 50:23; 103:17,18; Isa 56:1-6; Ho 14:9; Zep 2:3; Ac 10:35
Ro 2:13; Heb 8:8-12; 12:14

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Context

  • Psalms 25:9

    The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

  • Psalms 25:10

    All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

  • Psalms 25:11

    For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

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Psalms 25:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Todas las sendas de Jehová son misericordia y verdad, para los que guardan su pacto y sus testimonios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tous les sentiers de l’ Éternel sont gratuité et vérité, pour ceux qui gardent son alliance et ses témoignages.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Alle Pfade Jehovas sind Güte und Wahrheit für die, welche seinen Bund und seine Zeugnisse bewahren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		in quorum manibus iniquitates sunt; dextera eorum repleta est muneribus.