Psalms 25 · Verse 14

Psalms 25:14

The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
Psalms 25:14, King James Version

Psalms 25:14 in other translations

BSBThe LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
WEBThe friendship of the LORD is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.
ASVThe friendship of Jehovah is with them that fear him; And he will show them his covenant.
YLTThe secret of Jehovah is for those fearing Him, And His covenant--to cause them to know.
DARBYThe secret of Jehovah is with them that fear him, that he may make known his covenant to them.
BBEThe secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.
WebsterThe secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant.

What does Psalms 25:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. The reason of the blessing explained--the pious enjoy communion with God (compare Pr 3:21, 12), and, of course, learn His gracious terms of pardon.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 The secret of the Lord is with them - טוד sod, the secret assembly of the Lord is with them that fear him; many of them have a Church in their own house. He will show them his covenant - He will let them see how great blessings he has provided for them that love him. Some refer this to the covenant of redemption by Christ Jesus.

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 25:14 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.

ס֣וֹדSod[the] counsel ofH5475
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahwehH3068
לִירֵאָ֑יוli.re.'Av[belongs] to [those] fearing himH3373
וּ֝בְרִית֗וֹu.ve.ri.Toand covenant hisH1285
לְהוֹדִיעָֽם\׃le.ho.di.'Amto make known to themH3045

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

Cross references for Psalms 25:14

  • John 15:15

    Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

  • John 14:21-23

    He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

  • John 7:17

    If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

  • Ephesians 1:9

    Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

  • Ephesians 1:18

    The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

  • 1 Corinthians 2:14

    But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

  • Revelation 2:17

    He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

  • Jeremiah 31:31-34

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that 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 that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

  • John 17:6

    I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

  • Deuteronomy 4:13

    And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

  • Colossians 3:3

    For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

  • Genesis 18:17-19

    And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
secret.
Ge 18:17-19; Jer 13:18; Pr 3:32; Mt 13:11,12; Joh 7:17
Joh 14:17,21-23; 15:15; 17:6; 1Co 2:14; Eph 1:9,18; Col 3:3
Re 2:17
he will, etc. or, his covenant to make them know it.
Ge 17:13; De 4:13; Jer 31:31-34; Ro 11:26,27

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Context

  • Psalms 25:13

    His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

  • Psalms 25:14

    The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

  • Psalms 25:15

    Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

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Psalms 25:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El secreto de Jehová es para los que le temen; y á ellos hará conocer su alianza.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Le secret de l’ Éternel est pour ceux qui le craignent, pour leur faire connaître son alliance.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Das Geheimnis Jehovas ist für die, welche ihn fürchten, und sein Bund, um ihnen denselben kundzutun.