Psalms 25 · Verse 18

Psalms 25:18

Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
Psalms 25:18, King James Version

Psalms 25:18 in other translations

BSBConsider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
WEBConsider my affliction and my travail. Forgive all my sins.
ASVConsider mine affliction and my travail; And forgive all my sins.
YLTSee mine affliction and my misery, And bear with all my sins.
DARBYConsider mine affliction and my travail, and forgive all my sins.
BBEGive thought to my grief and my pain; and take away all my sins.
WebsterLook upon my affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

What does Psalms 25:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 25:16-19

16-19. A series of earnest appeals for aid because God had seemed to desert him (compare Psa 13:1; 17:13, &c.), his sins oppressed him, his enemies had enlarged his troubles and were multiplied, increasing in hate and violence (Psa 9:8; 18:48).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Look upon mine affliction - See my distressed condition, and thy eye will affect thy heart. Forgive all my sins - My sins are the cause of all my sufferings; forgive these. This is the verse which should begin with the letter ק koph; but, instead of it, we have ר resh both here, where it should not be, and in the next verse where it should be. Dr. Kennicott reads קומה kumah, "arise," and Houbigant, קצר ketsar, "cut short." The word which began with ק koph has been long lost out of the verse, as every version seems to have read that which now stands in the Hebrew text.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 25:15-22

The psalmist concludes, as he began, with expressing dependence upon God, and desire toward him. It is good thus to hope, and quietly to wait for the salvation of the Lord. And if God turns to us, no matter who turns from us. He pleads his own integrity. Though guilty before God, yet, as to his enemies, he had the testimony of conscience that he had done them no wrong. God would, at length, give Israel rest from all…

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Psalms 25:18 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.

רְאֵ֣הre.'EhconsiderH7200
עָ֭נְיִי'A.ne.yiaffliction myH6040
וַעֲמָלִ֑יva.'a.ma.Liand trouble myH5999
וְ֝שָׂ֗אve.Sa'and forgiveH5375
לְכָל\־le.kholto allH3605
חַטֹּאותָֽי\׃cha.to.Taisins myH2403

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

Cross references for Psalms 25:18

  • 2 Samuel 16:12

    It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.

  • Psalms 119:132

    Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

  • Matthew 9:2

    And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.

  • Psalms 32:1-5

    A Psalm of David, Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. …

  • Lamentations 5:1

    Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

  • 1 Samuel 1:11

    And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

  • Psalms 51:8-9

    Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

  • Luke 1:25

    Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.

  • Psalms 119:153

    ר RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Look.
119:132,153; 1Sa 1:11; 2Sa 16:12; La 5:1; Lu 1:25
forgive.
32:1-5; 51:8,9; Mt 9:2

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Context

  • Psalms 25:17

    The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.

  • Psalms 25:18

    Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

  • Psalms 25:19

    Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

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Psalms 25:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mira mi aflicción y mi trabajo: y perdona todos mis pecados.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Regarde mon affliction et mes peines, et pardonne tous mes péchés.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sieh an mein Elend und meine Mühsal, und vergib alle meine Sünden!